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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SIX MONTHS INTO PANDEMIC From RBI &public Noenddate,novaccineyet;stimulus sector banks to LIC, `205 cr to PM Cares rolling,won’thesitatetospend:FM from staff salaries Ruraleconomypicking up, labour ‘Hurting the farmers? SHYAMLALYADAV YOUR RIGHT back, Ministryresponsequicker: FM How? Ask us one NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 TO KNOW INSIDE IT’S NOT justawiderangeofcen- AN EXPRESS RTI ‘Every sectorcould PVAIDYANATHANIYER question we can’t answer’ tral educational institutions, at APPLICATION NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 leastseven public sectorbanks, decide cost,buyer; FARMERSTHEHEART THEEXPRESS Opposition before introducing sevenother leading financial in- farmers couldn’t. SIX MONTHS INTOthe Covid-19 OFATMANIRBHAR ENSECONOMICBUREAU the three reformistfarm Bills in stitutions and insurers, and the Indian Express to Rs 349.25 crore. Newlawswill give pandemic, and asharp 23.9 per NATION:PM ONMANN INTERVIEW NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 Parliament, Finance Minister RBI, have together contributed The Prime Minister’s Office, freedom to trade’ cent GDP contraction in April- KI BAAT PAGE 8 WITH Nirmala Sitharaman said the Rs 204.75 crorefromtheir staff whichmanages the fund,has de- NARENDRA SINGH June following astrict national POINTINGOUT THATher Congress and other political par- salaries to the Prime Minister’s clinedtofurnish details of contri- TOMAR lockdown, Union Finance NIRMALA Cabinetcolleague Narendra ties were doing a“disservice”, Citizen Assistance and Relief in butions received, saying thatPM MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MinisterNirmalaSitharamansaid the pandemic, especiallyinthe SITHARAMAN Tomar,MinisterofAgriculture particularly afterhaving pro- Emergency Situations (PM CARES is “notapublic authority &FARMERS’ WELFARE Saturdaythe economycontinues absence of asure-shotvaccine. UNION FINANCE MINISTER and Farmers’ Welfare, had wide- fessedthe same reforms in their CARES)fund,RTIrecordsaccessed under the...RTI Act”. PAGE 9 to facechallengesofadifferentna- In an interviewtoThe Indian TOMORROW ranging consultation with all ownmanifestos. by The Indian Express show. Topping the listofpublic sec- turewithnoclear-cutenddatefor CONTINUEDONPAGE2 stakeholders including the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Of these, records show, Life torbanks and institutions that Insurance Corporation of India respondedtoRTI queries (see (LIC), GeneralInsurance Corpo- chart), LIC alone gave Rs 113.64 ration of India (GIC) and National croretoPMCARES under various HousingBank alsocontributed categories: Rs 8.64crore from MP Siva was THE IDEAS PAGE over Rs 144.5 croreseparately staffsalaries, Rs 100crore under from their CorporateSocial “CorporateCommunication” Responsibility (CSR) allocation and Rs 5crore under “Golden in seat but THEFARMER’S and other provisions. Jubilee Foundation”. FREEDOMTOSELL This takesthe totalcontribu- Records showthatLIC’scon- order key for BY ASHOK GULATI tion from the 15 government tribution of Rs 100crore was PAGE 11 banksand institutionsthat re- made on March 31 —Rs5crore, division: Dy spondedtoRTI queriesfrom The CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Chairman JASWANT SINGH I 1938-2020

‘Was The courteous scholar-politician surrounded by some hostile often out of sync with his party members’ COOMIKAPOOR MANOJCG NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 JASWANTSINGH, 82,was always RESPONDINGTOThe Indian somewhat of amisfit in the BJP, Express reportthat two aparty he helpedfound in 1980, OppositionMPs were in their and whichheablyrepresented seatswhen theyasked fordivi- as anine-time parliamentarian sion on the farm Bills, Deputy and ministerwithkey portfolios Chairman Harivansh, in astate- ALONG HAUL in the Vajpayeeyears between ment Sunday, said it was“true” 1998 and2004. that DMK MP Tiruchi Siva had Armysoldiersoperating aT-90 Bhishma tank near theLine of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh on Sunday. ANI Butthe former ArmyMajor demandedadivision from his with his liberalism, courteous Singh, who were partlyrespon- Rajnath Singh pays tribute seat but he pointed outthat “or- old worldmilitarymannerisms, sible forhis removalin2014, in- to Jaswant Singh, in New der in the House” is “equallyim- his interestinbooksand schol- dicatedthat despitedifferences, Delhi on Sunday. PTI portant” to have adivision. After meeting arship, and his outspokenness, the BJP’s topleadership appreci- The Indian Express, afterre- NDA onlyinname...no meeting wasoften outofsync with many ated his valuable contributions THE EDITORIAL PAGE viewing the official footageof in his party —the reason he was to the party. RajyaSabha TVbetween1pm — with Shah, twice expelledfromthe BJP. Singh’sbiggestsupporter in when the Deputy Chairman ex- called by PM all these years: Sukhbir At thetime of his death, the BJP wasAtalBihariVajpayee, ANHONOURABLE tendedthe sitting —to1.26 pm leaders from Singh wasnolonger in the party, who recognisedhis worth. MAN when theHouse wasadjourned remember aday in the last10 but the tributes paid to him by During Vajpayee’s twotenures BY SUDHEENDRAKULKARNI for15minutes, reportedthat NAVJEEVANGOPAL ‘Proper years when the Prime Minister Ladakh calloff PrimeMinisterNarendraModi as Prime Minister, Singh was PAGE 10 Siva had demandedadivision CHANDIGARH,SEPTEMBER27 relationship calledanNDA meeting forlunch and Defence MinisterRajnath CONTINUEDONPAGE2 from his seat at 1.10 pm. And that during to discusswhat theyhavein poll boycott CPM’s KKRagesh, too, wasinhis ADAY aftersnapping ties with Vajpayee’s mind. Alliances should notbeon seat at 1:11pmwhen he de- the BJP,Shiromani Akali Dal time’ paper... Beforethis, during (Atal mandedadivision on an amend- (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Bihari) Vajpayee’s time, there DIPANKARGHOSE ment movedbyhim to thebill. Badal on Sundaysaid the usedtobeaproper relationship. NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 This contradicted the Deputy National Democratic Alliance Express, Badal said, “For the last My father is afounder member Chairman’s contention that (NDA) had lostcredibility in the seven, eight... 10 years or so, NDA of the NDA... It’ssad thatwecre- THE GOVERNMENT on Sunday members neededtobeintheir last10years and wasanalliance is justinname. Thereisnothing ated theNDA but the NDAisnot announceditwould consider all seat to askfor adivision. “justinname". in the NDA. No discussions, no theretoday." “issuesrelated to language, de- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Speaking to The Indian planning, no meetings. Idonot CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mography, ethnicity,land and jobs” forwhich the Ladakhi peo- ple have demandedconstitu- Ex-staffer linked to Johar THEWORLD tional protection. BUSINESSASUSUAL The People’s Movement for Constitutional Safeguard, an BY UNNY firm claims NCB forced umbrella body of the Ladakhi leadership, agreedtocall offits himtoimplicatedirector boycottofthe Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development implicate Johar and other execu- Council (LAHDC) elections SADAFMODAK& tivesofthe film production com- scheduledfor October 16. MOHAMEDTHAVER panyinacase of alleged con- The contours of abroad un- MUMBAI,SEPTEMBER27 sumption of drugs. derstanding were reachedata The former Dharmatic REPUBLICANS IN meeting of three senior Ladakhi AFORMER executive producer Entertainment employee, Kshitij SENATE MOVE TO leaders with Union Home of Dharmatic Entertainment, the Prasad,was called in by NCBon MinisterAmit Shah on Saturday. sisterconcern of Karan Johar’s Fridayinconnectionwith itsin- CONFIRM TRUMP’S The announcement wasmade Dharma Productions, told a vestigation intothe alleged SUPREME COURT by MinisterofState forYouth Mumbai court on Sundaythat “drugs nexus” in Bollywood, and PICKBARRETT Affairs and SportsKiren Rijiju, the Narcotics Control Bureau placedunder arrest on Saturday. PAGE 13 MinisterofState forHome (NCB) had forced him to falsely CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 LEGAL EDUCATION Rhea ki aukaattowaiverfromgovt: howBihar DGPstoops to conquer PAGE 1 ED ANCHOR Bending PLAIN E ● thebar EX SANTOSHSINGH PATNA,SEPTEMBER27 BY WAIVINGoff his 193rd three-month noticepe- SEVENMONTHS ago, he started riod, the Bihar govern- GUNNER'S DAY his ownYouTubechannel and ment has bent over back- got professionals to managehis wardstofacilitateformer Facebook and Twitter accounts. DGP Gupteshwar Then, he took on the Opposition Pandey’s entryinto forquestioning the Bihar gov- politics.It’s notthe first ernment’s handling of atriple Pandeywith Nitish Kumar in Patna Sunday. PTI time, though. Pandey murder case in Gopalganj. Last took VRS in 2009, too, to month, he became the face of contestthe LokSabha the state’s pursuit of theSushant Within justfivedays of tak- Gupteshwar Pandeyjoinedthe pollsbeforechanging his Singh Rajput suicide case. ing voluntaryretirement,his rulingJD(U) in the presence of mind—hewas allowed On Sunday, it all fell into three-month notice period Chief MinisterNitish Kumar. to return as IGP. place. waived off, formerBihar DGP CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Sitharaman rial changeintermsofhandling had gathered that migrant work- 15.The three ordinances were down in diplomatic manoeuvres. the pandemic”, she said. ers were returning to labour-in- promulgated within three The lowpoint in Singh’s `205 cr to PM Cares from salaries Express (detailedtranscripttobe “You don’t have asure-shot tensive industries suchasgar- weeksonJune 5. Even then,they tenureasExternal Affairs publishedtomorrow), Sithara- vaccine, youdon’thaveaclear-cut mentsand apparel, and exports justwondered,“Will Modi Ministerwas thehijacking of man said,“Sixmonthshaven’tre- end date; and with reports in in certain sectors (steel, forex- (Prime MinisterNarendraModi) Indian Airlines flight IC 814with too, wasdonated in March but allyreducedthe challenges but some places that people who ample) wasalso pickingup, with be able to pull it off?”she said. 175passengers to Kandahar, with no datespecifiedinthe SBITOPSGOVTBANKS the natureofchallenges has have been cured,are getting it the pace of increase in overseas “When the protests aregoing Afghanistan, by Pakistan-backed response. changed…and the ministryis back…biguncertaintiesare play- demand higher than domestic on –look also at the places terrorists.The Vajpayeegovern- SBI toppedthe sevenpub- Banks/other institutions Contributionfrom nowquickerthan what it wasin ing in the minds of entrepreneurs, demand. “This matches with the wherethe protests arebeing ment concededthe demandsof lic banksthat respondedtoRTI staff salaries(`) terms of responding.” small and medium,” she said. ministry’s ownfindings,” she held –what exactlyare you the hijackers, and Singh person- querieswith acontribution of StateBankofIndia 107.95 crore She said that althoughthe This has adverselyimpacted said. The economycan draw protesting for? Whichpartofthe allyescortedMasood Azhar, who over 107.95 crore--the first numbers per millionand the economic activity,particularly comfortfromrural areas which Actishurting you? Hurting the would later mastermindseveral tranche of Rs 100crore was Bank of Baroda 20 crore mortality ratio were both lowfor theservices sector,whichac- were witnessing full-blown ac- farmers, howpray? Ichallenge terrorist attacksagainst India, paid on March 31.Inits re- CanaraBank 15.53crore avariety of reasons —including countsfor almost55per cent of tivity.“This is abig story… not these people… ask us that one and twoothers who were letout sponse, SBI, whichisthe Union Bank of India 14.81crore heightenedpublicawareness GDP.Manufacturing sectors justagriculture, but non-agricul- question, where we won’t be of Indian jails, to Afghanistan. In largest banker in the country, and caution —the Covid-19was have slowlybounced backwith turerural activities arealso ro- able to answer you…,” return, the hijackedpassengers stated that itsentirecontribu- Central Bank of India 11.89 crore still very much aworry.Fromso- capacityutilisation across sev- bust,” she said. Sitharaman said, pointing out were returnedunharmed. tion wasfromthe salaries of its NABARD 9.04crore cialdistancing to face masksand eral industries revertingtopre- Broad high-frequency indica- that the lawwould onlyprovide From 2004 to 2009, Singh employees. LIC 8.64crore frequent hand-washing,“you Covid-19levels. tors reveal that the economyhas, achoice to farmers to sell their wasLeader of Opposition in The national banking reg- ReserveBankofIndia 7.34 crore aredoing all this with no mate- From India Inc, shesaid,she over the last three months,recov- produce, beyond the mandis run RajyaSabha, and acquitted him- ulator,RBI,statedthat itsRs ered large partsoflostground. by theAgricultureProduce self as an outstanding parlia- 7.34 crorewas from “contribu- Bank of Maharashtra5crore This is reflected in GSTrev- MarketCommittee (APMC). mentarian both in debates and tion by employees”. Punjab &Sind Bank 2.41crore enues, whichinAugustwere88 To aquestion on the hurry to as leader of variousparliamen- PM CARES wasset up on EXIM Bank 1crore Classifieds per cent of thatinAugust2019. pass these laws andwhy couldn’t tary committees, including the March 28 this year following E-way bills generatedinAugust thegovernmentinsteadre-prom- Public AccountsCommittee. the Covid outbreak and had a SIDBI 80 lakh PERSONAL were 97.2 per cent of the value ulgatetheOrdinanceandreferthe Afterthe 2009 Lok Sabha corpus of Rs 3,076.62 croreby IRDAI 16.08 lakh in the corresponding period Bills to aSelect Committee as de- polls, when the Congress re- March 31 itself, of whichRs General Insurance 14.51lakh I Veena spouse of Pardeep lastyear;the IHS Markit India manded by the Opposition,the turnedtopower andthe BJP un- 3,075.85 crorewerelistedas Corporation of India Kumar,address house Manufacturing Purchasing FinanceMinistersaid,“There isno der LKAdvaniwas once again “voluntarycontributions”, ac- number 109 Preet colony, National Housing Bank 3.82 lakh Managers’Index(PMI) rose to end to thedebate… It is notinthe soundlydefeated,Singh along Jandli,Ambala, Haryana cording to itsofficial website. 134003 have changed my name asix-month highof52in meritofthe matter.” with Arun Shourie and On August19, The Indian Total204.75 crore from Veena to Veena rani vide Augustfrom46inJuly. APMI Yashwant Sinha, wasoutspoken Express had reported that 38 *Source: Information underRTI Act; EXIM Bank annual report. affidavit dated 25/07/2020 over50represents an expan- Sukhbir Badal enoughtoask forintrospection PSUs usedtheir CSR funds to beforemagistrate Ambala sion when compared with the Saying the Akalishave always by theparty leadership. In the hi- together contribute over Rs Haryana. 0050169730-1 previous month. takenthe BJP allong in the state, erarchical party structure, this 2,105crore.Fivedays ago, this vide anydetail other than to tion from salary” of employees. I,Reeta,W/o-Vinod Kumar,R/o- But still,variousestimates Badal said, “Alliances should be did notgodownwell,and he was newspaper reportedthat sev- statethat itsRs15.53 crorewas ■GIC (Rs 14.51lakh): “one- H.No.1/9994,Gali No.3,West of GDP contractioninthe sec- run the waymyfather Parkash soon persona non grata. eral central educational insti- the “total amount contributed". daysalary” of employees. Gorakh Park,Shahdara,Delhi- ond quarter–4.5 per cent Singh Badal did. Forevery deci- Especiallyasafew months later 110032,have changedmy tutions and regulators con- ■ Union Bank of India (Rs ■ IRDAI, Insurance name to Ritu for all future (Ficci) to 13.7 per cent sion,he wouldcall the BJP.When- he releasedhis book, Jinnah: tributed Rs 21.81crore in the 14.81cr):one-dayprivilegeleave Regulatoryand Development purposes. 0040549787-1 (Goldman Sachs), have ever we went to theGovernorto India-Partition-Independence. form of “voluntarycontribu- encashmentofemployees. Authority,(Rs 16.08 lakh): “vol- I,DEVENDER KUMAR,S/O HARI promptedmanyrecommend- submit anymemorandum, the None of his party colleagues at- tions” from salaries of teaching ■ Central BankofIndia (Rs untarycontribution” by em- CHAND MIDHA R/O-37, THIRD- ing to the Prime Ministera BJP would be with us. We arethe tendedthe release because they and non-teaching staff, and 11.89cr):two-dayprivilegeleave ployees. FLOOR NORTHEX,MODEL- muchbigger fiscal stimulus. majority partner (in the state) and had an inkling of what wascom- from studentsand pensioners. encashmentofemployees. ■ NABARD, National Bank TOWN,DELHI-110009,DECLARE Between PM’s GaribKalyan theyare minority partner.Despite ing. In the book,Singh blamed RTIreplies receivedbyThe ■ Bank of Maharashtra(Rs forAgricultureand Rural THATMYNAME HAS BEEN Yojana and AtmaNirbhar that, we took them into confi- Nehru and Patelfor Partition, for Indian Express from banksand 5crore): one-day salaryand Development, (Rs 9.04crore): WRONGLYWRITTEN AS Bharat, the additional spend- dence foreverything.” accepting the “fallacious notion financialinstitutions detailing two-dayleave encashment of salaries of “employees and re- DEVENDER MIDHA IN MY MINOR DAUGHTER(LAVYA ing by thegovernment has The three farm Bills received that Muslimsare aseparatena- their contributions from staff employees. tired employees”. MIDHA)EDUCATIONAL- been justabout1.2 per cent of the Presiden’t assent on Sunday. tion and permitted the nation to salaries and relatedbenefits ■ SIDBI,SmallIndustries ■ NationalHousing Bank DOCUMENTS.THATACTUAL- GDP.Inpresentations made to be dissected”. In contrast, he eu- show: Development Bank of India, (Rs (Rs 3.82 lakh): “employeecon- NAME OF MINE IS DEVENDER the PM in June-July, theNiti Jaswant logizedJinnah. Notsurprisingly, ■ CanaraBank did notpro- 80 lakh): “voluntarycontribu- tribution”. KUMAR. 0040549787-2 Aayog, the Chief Economic givenimportant responsibilities he wasexpelled from the party. I, RajendraKumar R/O90/56 Advisor’s office and the PM’s that includedholding, at differ- Nitin Gadkari as party presi- S.F.,MalviyaNagar, New Delhi Economic AdvisoryCouncil, ent pointsoftime, the three ma- dent reinstatedSingh, but his re- the Mumbai unit of the NCB, The Ladakhi leaders said they the statustoquestion theCM).” have changed my name to have suggestedextraspending jor portfolios of Finance, External turn wasshort-lived. “wherein various patentlyfalse had agreedtocalloff theboycott Asked about that comment, RajendraKumar Agarwal for all purposes. 0040549688-1 of up to 4.5 per cent of GDP. Affairs and Defence. Shortlyafter hisdefeat in claims were inserteddespitehis in the light of the government’s Pandeysaid: “Sushant wasthe But even Vajpayeecould not 2014,Singh slippedand fell in (Prasad’s) protests”. commitment,but also because pride of Bihar.Istood by his aged I, IndraKumariR/O 90/56 FM on farmers S.F.,MalviyaNagar, New Delhi always protect Singh. When the bathroom of his government “...Kshitijwas categorically theydid notwanttoadverselyaf- father and the FIR wasfiledas have changed my name to In an interviewtoThe Vajpayeetook oath in 1999, bungalowonTeen Murti Marg, informedbySameerWankhede fect “national security” at atime per CrPc provisions, and the IndraAgarwalfor all Indian Express, shesaid, “I am Singh wasincludedinthe origi- and sufferedamajor head con- in thepresence of severalother the situation on the China border Supreme Courtalso upheldit. As purposes. 0040549689-1 notsurprised, Iamdisap- nal CabinetlistasFinance cussion. He wasrushedtothe officers, that since he wasassoci- is tense. formyremarks on Rhea, I I, Anjali Sharma d/oRam pointed…because the extent Minister. But in amidnight coup, Armyhospital, wherehere- ated with Dharma Productions, Rijiju saidReddy would flyto promptly apologisedtoher.” PavitiraGuptar/o WZ-842, to whichconsultations had then RSS chief KSSudarshan en- mainedinacoma until Sunday theywould lethim offifheim- Leh on Mondaywiththe three Aday afterPandeytookVRS, Badial Mohalla, Palam Village, happened…not justwiththe sured that his name wasomit- morning, when he diedafter plicated KaranJohar and some delegation leaders –former amusic video depicting him as Delhi-110045 have changed stakeholders… but MPs were ted, reportedlyatthe behestofa multiple organfailure. others, falselyalleging that they RajyaSabha MP Thiksay “Robin Hood” went viral. my name to ANJALI GUPTA. 0040549748-1 asked fortheirviews,farmers topindustrialistwho wassuspi- consumeddrugs.Kshitijrefused Rinpoche,former Ladakh MP were asked fortheirviews… cious of Singh’s long-time NCB to complywiththisdespitethe Thupstan Chhewang, and for- Harivansh I Anurag Son Of Manoj Kumar Tomarji went through the friendship withbusinessman The agency’s Deputy DG pressurebeing mounted on him mer MinisterChhering Dorje – Srivastavresident of house no 594 gali no 1near airforce whole rigour.” Nusli Wadia. (South West), Mutha Ashok Jain, as he did notknowany of these and communicatethe agree- In his statement today, the station, Rajokri South West According to Sitharaman, Within months, however, refutedtheallegation,andsaidthe people personallyand did not ment to membersofthe People’s Deputy Chairman said: “The Delhi 110038 have changed all consultations were majorly Singhwas appointedExternal investigation were being carried wish to falselyimplicateany- Movement,withacommitment statutoryresolutiondisapproving my namefromAnurag TO done –talking to people, tak- Affairs Minister. He displayedhis out in a“professional manner”. one,” Maneshinde said. to begin adialogue with alarger the ordinance and the amend- Anurag Srivastavvide ing their inputs, and then obvious flairfor diplomacyin Prasad (30), waspartof Wankhededeniedthe alle- number of people in Leh, and ment forthe reference of thebill affidavit dated 22/09/2020 at bringingittoCabinet–by the helpingmend bridgeswiththe Dharmatic Entertainment in gations. “It is routine practiceon representativesfromKargil. to selectcommitteemovedbySri time she announcedthese agri UnitedStates, whichhad slapped November 2019.The NCB the partofthe accusedtomake KKRagesh were negativedby reforms as partofthe sanctions on India in the wake of claimedthat a“roll joint believed suchallegations,” he said. Pandey voicevotebythehouseat1.07 p.m AtmaNirbhar packageonMay the nuclear tests. Singhwas en- to be remains of smoked ganja” Metropolitan MagistrateVJ The next step? “I will follow asSriRageshwasintheWellof the gagedinregular talkswith wasseizedfromhis house. Dongregranted NCBcustody un- the instructions of the party,” he house and notonhis seat in the Strobe Talbott, the US Deputy Prasad’s lawyer Satish til October 3. said. But JD(U) sources con- galleryatthat point of time.” SecretaryofState.Theymet 14 Maneshinde said that his client firmedthat the 59-year-old “This can be seen from the times at 10 different locations, had told the courtthathis state- Ladakh 1987-batchIPS officer is in the video as aftercalling him to and Talbott wastoconcede ment had been recordedby KishanReddy,and the Ladakhi running foraparty ticket from move his resolution and amend- that Singhbeat him hands Sameer Wankhede, in-charge of leaders on Sundaymorning. Buxar or Shahpur forthe state ment, Ilooked at the gallery, but pollsstarting October28—or the he wasnot there,” he said. Lok Sabha bypoll in Valmiki The visuals showRagesh on Nagar, whichisexpected to be his seat at 1.11 pm when his held duringthe same period. amendment to the bill wastaken Consider this: up during clause by clause con- ■Pandeyhad takenVRS once siderationofthe bill. earlier,too,after making his po- “ItistruethatSri TiruchiShiva litical ambitions from Buxarclear demandedadivisiononhis ''IMPORTANT'' before the 2009 Lok Sabha elec- amendment forreference of his tions. But when BJP's Lalmuni bill to select committee from his Whilst care is taken priorto Choubey refusedtovacatehis seat at 1.10 p.m. Youwillseefrom acceptance of advertising seat, Pandeywas allowedtore- the same video that around 1.09 copy,itisnot possibletoverify join. “My decision to contestat p.m, one member wastearingthe its contents. The Indian that time wasout of the false im- rule book and throwing on me. Express(P) Limitedcannot be pression that Iwas very popular. Besides Iwas surroundedby held responsiblefor such Ihad notapproachedthe BJP fora some hostile members, who ticket,and people advisedagainst were trying to snatchpapers from contents, nor for anylossor contesting as an Independent,” me,” the Deputy Chairman said. damage incurred as aresult of Pandeytold The Indian Express. TheDeputyChairmansaid“as transactions with companies, ■ In the Rajput case, Pandey per rules and practice, in order to associations or individuals wasvocal in defending the gov- have adivision,twothings arees- advertising in itsnewspapers ernmentonTVchannels and so- sential. Firstlythereshould be a or Publications. We therefore cial media.Healsotook on demand fordivision and equally recommend that readers MaharashtraPolicefor having importantthatthere shouldbeor- make necessary inquiries quarantinedBihar IPS officer der in the house.” VinayTiwari in Mumbai.And The Deputy Chairman’s office before sending any monies or when Chakaborty questioned also put out an “incident report” entering into anyagreements Nitish Kumar forthe Patna FIR, on the minute-by-minutepro- withadvertisers or otherwise Pandeytoldreporters: “Rhea ceedingsoftheHousefrom12:56 actingonanadvertisementin Chakraborty ki aukat nahin hai pm to 1.57 pm. any manner whatsoever. mukhyamantri se sawalkarne ki FULLREPORTSON (Rhea Chakraborty does nothave www.indianexpress.com

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Total29,228* 2,36,6515,23529,24,754 *T ‘UP’s new TO BE LAUNCHED BY DEC; 843 FLATS IN JASOLA, DWARKA In some districts, flip-flop film city to begin opsby Newflats,betteramenitieson on home isolationofCovid early 2021’ offerundernewDDAscheme patients older than60yrs AMILBHATNAGAR highestnumber of Covid deaths NOIDA,SEPTEMBER27 MALLICAJOSHI& in home isolation wasin ABHINAVRAJPUT ONOFFER ASTHASAXENA NorthwestDelhi(11), followedby THE GAUTAM Budh NagarFilm NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 West Delhi (9) and Central Delhi City is likelytosee itsfirstfilm HIG:215flats in (8). shooting by early 2021, officials MULTI-LEVEL underground JASOLAVIHAR OVER THE pastweek, confusion Mandatoryshifting of pa- said. The proposedland forthe parking with up to threeparking Over`2croreeach, over the institutional isolation of tientstothese centres had previ- project in Greater Noida wasin- spaces foraflat, 14-floor build- 13-&14-floorapartments, Covidpatientsabove the ageof60 ouslybeenthe cause of friction spected by ACSHome Awanish ings, three-tier in-house water includingunderground and those who have comorbidi- between the electedgovernment Awasthiand seniorofficials of the management model, rainwater multi-levelparking ties has persistedinthe city. and the L-G, who had ordered in Yamuna Expressway Industrial harvesting, adherence to the While the government has said At Sarai Kale Khan ISBT on June that all those who test posi- MIG:352flatsin Development Authority (YEIDA) National Building Code 2016 — these patientsare allowedhome Sunday. DM Southwest said tive mustbefirstsent to aCovid DWARKA,SECT19B Sunday. forthe firsttime, theseprovi- quarantine if the team of doctors theorder waswithdrawn CareCentre foraperiodofatleast Earlier this month,the state sions will be partofthe 2020 OverRs1croreeach, thatassesses them givesthem due to ‘inconvenience’. five days.After objections were government announcedthat the DDAhousing scheme forits 8-10floors,including clearance, at leasttwo districtsin Gajendra Yadav raisedbythe government, the or- “biggest” film citywillcome up in Higher Income Group (HIG) flats. undergroundparking Delhi were following different derwas reversedand patients the district. Thousand acres of The scheme will be rolledout EWS:276flatsin norms. who were cleared by ateam of landatSector21atthe Yamuna this December. MANGLAPURI,DWARKA SouthwestDelhi passedan groups and thatICU bedswere doctors were allowedtoisolateat Expressway has been identified On offerare 843flats: 215 Rs25lakheach,12-floors, order on September 21,stating filling up fast in thecity.Wede- home. The Delhi government forthe purpose. Officials said the Higher Income Groupflatsnear withstiltparkingfacility that all Covid patientswho have cidedtowithdraw the order after then decidedtoprovide pulse industrial area (studios, sets,etc) Jasola Vihar-Shaheen Bagh The 14-floor HIG flats in JasolaVihar-Shaheen Bagh. These comorbidities or areabove the people said it wascausing incon- oximeters to those under home will be spread over780 acres Metrostation, 352Middle flatswillhavefeatures like underground parking with up to ageof60will have to beadmitted venience. Alot of people would isolation to checkoxygensatura- while 220 acres will be usedfor Income Group (MIG) flatsin three parking spaces foraflat,rainwater harvesting,among in CovidCareCentres or Covid resistthe decisiontoshifttoinsti- tionlevels and reporttohospital commercial purposes. The au- Dwarka Sector 19-B, and 276 others. Praveen Khanna An official said that in the HealthCentres.The order was tutional care. We did notwant to or call an ambulance if the levels thority will be fast-trackingthe Economically Weaker Section next three-four months after withdrawnSunday, hours after cause inconvenience," he said. dip. At present, thereare 8,137 process of preparing aDetailed (EWS) flatsinDwarka's December,the process of The IndianExpress enquiredabout WestDelhi,too,isfollowingthe bedsinCovid CareCentres.Of Project Report(DPR)ofthe Film Manglapuri. forhorticulture. Watergener- outonpotentialbuyerstoprivate scrutinyofapplicants, draw of the difference in guidelines. same template,thoughofficials these, 3,763 arevacant and 1,402 City.Once thereportisratifiedby DDAcommissioner (hous- ated from rainwaterharvesting builders in the NCR, apartfrom lots,issuance of demand-cum- The order passedbythe office said no written ordershad been areoccupied by thoseunder in- the government, tenders will be ing)Rajiv Gandhi saidthe agency can be usedfor bathing and seeing severalcasesofsurrender allotment letter andhanding of the district magistrateof passed.The decision, the official stitutionalquarantineafter tak- allocatedandconstruction willbe is givingfinishing touches to the kitchen purposes, and RO- of houses sold in theprevious over the flatswould be done. Southwest Delhihad said, "All said, wastaken to makesurethat ing international flights. Thereare givenagreen signal.“TheDPR will newlyconstructed flats. "Weare treated waterfor drinking, the schemes. Around 11,000 flats, The computeriseddrawis SDMs in coordination withmed- no deaths took place under home 527bedsavailable in Covid likelybeready in twoweeks. We hopefuloflaunching the scheme official said. mostlyLIG 1-BHKflatsthat were heldusingamethod calledthe ical officer in-charges(MOIC)and isolationsince both these cate- Health Centres, of which193 are will also study severalnumerical in December," he said. The National Building Code partof2014scheme, were re- 'random number indicated tech- localpoliceshall ensurethat all gories of patientsare mostatrisk. vacant. factors involvedin calculating the Whilethe HIG flatswould be 2016 guidelinesfollowedinthe turneddue to lackofamenities nique' in the presenceofthe me- Covid-19positive cases having According to dataprovidedby On Sunday, meanwhile, 3,292 the project’s feasibility,” said 3BHK and pricedabove Rs 2 projectdealwithprovisionsof likewater,last-mile connectiv- dia and judges. It is also broad- agemorethan 60 years or Covid- the Delhi government,between caseswererecordedasnumber ShailendraBhatia, OSD, YEIDA. crore, the MIG ones are2BHK structural and fire safety, design ity and small sizes. DDAhad to castliveonthe DDAwebsite. A 19 positivecases with co-mor- the firstweekofMarch,when the of testsdone fell from an average JewarMLA DhirendraSingh and will costoverRs1crore.The provisions forwind and seismic use different methods to ensure successful candidatehas the op- bidities have been shiftedto Capitalreported itsfirstCovid of around 59,000 perday to said:“OfficialswanttheFilm City 1-BHK EWSflatsare pricedbe- loads, modern lighting tech- the flatsweresold. tion to surrender his/her flat af- CHC/CCC (Covid Health case, till September 23, atotal of 51,000.The tollrose to 5,235 as42 to begin in thenextthree-four lowRs25lakh,said asenioroffi- niques suchasLED and induc- This time, the DDAhas come terthe draw within aprescribed Centres/Covid CareCentres). 41 Covidpatientsunder home people were reporteddead. 46 months. All possible effortswill cial. tion light and faster lifts fortaller out with onlyfresh flatsand in period, else allotmentwillbeau- Non-compliance of the order isolation have died. Covid patientshad diedon be madetoensurethat. Already According to the senior offi- buildings."It would also be a areas that have Metroconnectiv- tomaticallycancelled. shall be viewed seriously." In this period, the highest Saturday.The doubling rate in the some directors have expressed cial, the HIGflatswill have a benchmarkfor all futureprojects ity and amenities in an attempt In the comingmonths, the District DM Rahul Singh said number of active Covidpatients city is around 50 days,Health interestinmaking amovie here. three-tier in-house waterman- to ensurenoone returnsflatsaf- to re-affirm itsimageasthe agency will issue details and the orderwaswithdrawn Sunday underhome isolation —3,077 — MinisterSatyendar Jain said. "The Theywillbegiven theright envi- agement plan under whichin- terallotment," said asenior DDA agency with better facilities than clauses on the amount one owing to "inconvenience". "We wasinWestDelhi, followedby number of deaths and cases will ronmentsothattheycanportray house treatment plantswillre- official. privateonesatsubsidedrate, would have to payfor applying had passedthe order keeping in 2,261inNorthwestDelhi and come down in the coming our country’s wonderful culture.” cycle waterfor useinurinals and In the past, the DDAhas lost senior officials said. and the process of applying. mind the risk facedbythese two 1,844inSouthwestDelhi. The weeks," he said.

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‘The best is yet to be’ for the legal profession Noida International University CHOOL of Law andLe- to police stations,law firms The many career prospects for students learning law Sgal Affairs,Noida Inter- throughpractical teaching national University is methodology suchasresearch PROFESSION OF LAWAND Forstudents taking these tests, all the entrance tests re- oneofthe topprivate law projects. TheSchool of Law and CONSTITUTION quire carefulplanning and studious preparation. Ade- schools in Delhi/NCR. With Legal Affairs hassuccessfully This is amomentousyear for every Indian.Theyear2020 quate attention should be given to current affairs includ- Courses suchasBALLB(H)/ conducted National Moot Court, marks the completion of 70 years as the Republic and it ing Indian polity,logic or reasoning,comprehensionand BBALLB -5years,LLB -3years, which wasacclaimed in national also marksthe commemorationof70years of the Consti- legalaptitudeamong others.Regular practical exercises LLM and PhD Programmes ap- andinternationalforums. More- tution of this greatcountry.The ConstitutionofIndia, to judiciously deal with time factorare necessary to hone provedbythe Bar Council of over, SLLA providesjudicial which is perhaps the Magna Carta of the contemporary your skills. India, it strivestocreate the coaching to the aspirants of judi- times, is 70 years young (Institutions will always con- Normally the following streamsare offered in bestlegal professionals for the cial exam andthe department Dr.Devesh Kumar Singh tinue to be young as it is only the human beings who age 5-year integrated LLB Programme: countrywith theoretical as Chairman,Noida produced many successful can- with time). ■ B.ALLB (Hons.) (For those with penchant for Social wellaspractical training of International University didateswho have cleared vari- Lawstudents and legal professionals should know Sciences); students.School of Law and ousjudicial servicesexamina- thatthe onlyprofession thatfinds amention in the Con- ■ B.COM LLB (Hons)/BBALLB (Hons) (For thosewith a Legal Affairs provides aplatform for the stu- tions across the country.The mottoofSLLAis stitution of Indiaisthe legalprofession.Article22(1) of the INTRODUCTION OF 5-YEAR passionfor Commerce/Management) and dentswhere they enjoythe process of clinical that legal education is the primary pillar of Constitution of India states: LL BPROGRAMME ■ BSC LLB (Hons.) (For those withanaptitudefor law, legal education. Thestudents getexposure nation building. “No person who is arrested shall be detained in cus- When this 3-year LLB programme (of all hues including science and technology). tody without being informed, as soon as may be,ofthe theone impartedinthe evening colleges) failedinproduc- Youcan follow your heart in choosingthe course. grounds for such arrest nor shall he be denied the right to ing quality law graduates and started churning out only consult, andtobedefended by,aLEGALPRACTITIONER of “half-baked lawyers”,the conceptualisation of“CATCH- CAREERS OPENINGS FOR LAWGRADUATES Fairfield: Law schoolwith global outlook his choice”. INGTHEMYOUNG”took place.The confluence of the Bar Thecareer openings foralaw graduate are diverse and So,the legal profession is theProfession whichiscon- Council of India, members of the judiciary,and the dis- varied. Traditionally it wasbelieved that law graduates AIRFIELD Institute of Man- All India Inter-University Moot stitutionally ordained. Take up the cudgels to perform tinguished jurists and academicians gave birth to the 5- could only become “Black Coat” Advocatesand start Fagement and Technology Court Competition of the Bar your constitutional obligations first by becoming alaw year LLB programme.Asinotherprofessional courses practicing in courts.But today’sopenings are manifold, (FIMT), New Delhi, (under Council of India and also to pre- student and then by choosing law as acareer. likeMedicineand Engineering,admissioninto 5-yearin- law graduates can become human rights activists,envi- the aegisofThe Fairfield Group of pare our students for today’s tegrated LLB programme wassoughttobemade after ronmentalactivists,work withNGOs(Non-governmental Institutions) wasestablished by transnationallegalpractice. QUALITYLEGAL EDUCATION +2 stage. organisations),LPOs (Legal Processoutsourcing),MNCs Sh. VK NangaliaBhardwaj ,avi- Moving beyond standardlaw Gone are the days when law colleges used to act as park- Theestablishment of the first National Law School at (InternationalBusiness Front), Banking sector,opt for sionary leader,educationist and school offerings suchasstudy ing spaces for vehicles which could not be parked else- Bangalore in 1986 sponsored by the Bar Council of In- civil services and above all opt for acareer in judiciary, socialentrepreneur.Itisaleading abroad, journals andcourse- where.Atone point of time, pursuing legal education dia brought atotal paradigm shift in legal education and teaching or go for higher studies. private educational institution sit- work, the law school has taken a wasconsideredasanational pastime for those who had as theysay,the rest is history as today there aremore Acareerinjudiciary,withAll IndiaJudicial Services on uated in NCR and an 'A' Grade fresh approach to international nothing else to do.Itusedtobederisively saidthatIn- than 24 National Law Schools.The brightest young minds the anvil, is also abright option for the youngsters on college by the Govt. of NCT Mr.VKNangalia legaltraining that distin- dia had the dubious distinction of producing brilliant have started joininglaw schoolsand today thereare thethreshold. At the moment, most of the states are Delhi. It is approved by the Bar Bhardwaj guishes us fromour peers.Our lawyers in spite of the law colleges and not because of youngsters who rejectseats in IITs/AIIMS to join Law filling up vacant posts of judicial officers in thesubordi- Council of India,NationalCoun- Chairman,FIMT Groupof GlobalInitiatives facilitate by them. Schools. nate courts by giving opportunity to fresh law gradu- cil for Teacher Education, and Institutions connecting with law schools CK Daphtary, MC Setalvad and NaniAPalkhivala were Today,5-yearintegrated LLBProgrammesare offered in ates. Recently in the statesofRajasthan,Bihar and recognised by the UGC Act of 1956 and affili- and legal institutions in the most dynamic le- exceptions and not the rule.But when quality legal educa- Nationallaw Schools,Departments/Colleges of State Punjab,law graduates as young as 23 years got se- ated to the renowned Guru Gobind Singh In- gal markets around theworld.Eachyear,del- tion becameamatterofhigh concern because of the Universities,Private Universities,deemed to be Universi- lected as judicial officers and what abrightcareer draprastha University, New Delhi.It offers profes- egations of faculty and students from the poor delivery system,alaudable initiative taken by the Bar ties and reputed Private Institutions affiliated to different awaits them! sional courses in various educational streams memberschools meettoaddress pressing le- Council of India wasthe introduction of 5-year integrated universities among others. Teachings as acareer has becomeattractive with the viz. BBA(Gen.), BCA,BA-JMC,B.Com.(H.), BA- gal problems facing nations aroundthe globe. LL Bprogramme and then theestablishment of National seventh pay commission scales.Today, law students are Eco.(H.), B.Ed and the prestigious Fairfield- This forum provides innovative and meaning- Law School of India University (NLSIU),Bangalore. ADMISSIONTO5-YEARLLB treated with“Respect,Awe andAdmiration”.Alwaysre- School of Law offers integrated five-years B.A.- ful ways for students and faculty of the mem- TheAdvocatesAct, 1961,entrusted the responsibility PROGRAMME member,“Youare themaster of your fate and you are the LLB and B.B.A-LLB programs to its students.The ber schools to interact,and forgesanexpand- of maintaining standards in legal educationand legal Admissions into 5-year integrated LLB Programmes are captainofyour soul”.“The best is yettobe”for the Legal criterionfor admission is as per the GGSIP Uni- ing cross-border appreciation of critical issues profession to theBar Council of India.Armed withthe made through entrance examinations.For all National Profession. versity norms.For admissioninthe Law pro- in the law. mandate,the Bar Council of India immediately initiated LawSchools, the admission is throughCLAT, for NLU Prof (Dr) RVenkata Rao grammes,the Fairfield- School of Law accepts We believe that asupportive educational en- the measures to democratize legal education by starting Delhi through AILET,for some others through LSATand Chairperson, VSLLS, VIPS, NewDelhi & CLATScores/ CET of GGS IP University. vironment creates better lawyers,and employers the 3-year LLB programme,which is opentoall those still some otherinstitutions/universities conduct theirre- FormerViceChancellor,National LawSchool TheFAIRFIELD-School of Law is the first affili- who’ve hired our graduates have told us time who have completedgraduation in any discipline. spective entrance examinations. of India University (NLSIU),Bengaluru ated college of GGSIP University to host the 31st and time again that we are right.

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Faculty of Law, SGT University:Grooming Next Gen Legal Professionals The NorthCap University Nrecenttimes,legal studies have ences on contemporarylegal issues that ployment.Thecourses are futuristic and gained tremendous attention be- are presided over by legal luminaries structured to increase practical know- CHOOLofLaw atTheNorth- quality education. With avibrant I from academia,judiciary,public and pri- how.This helpsinpromoting experien- Cap Universityhas estab- culture of mooting and client con- cause of the expansion of its scope ally and in- .Classroom lecturesare sup- learning. Additionally, legalquizzes S x- andoperation, both nation vate sectors tial lished itself as apreferred sultation,students get aunique e ternationally.This hasopened up new plementedwith seminars,presentations, and debates are regularly held for the en- destination of learning law in posure to hone their communica- vistasofgrowth andemployment for le- group discussions,interactive sessions, hancement of knowledge of students. Northern India.Having located tion skills through trainings under gal professionals.Itistofillthis vacuum and field-based learning. National Moot Court Competition is or- alongwith the SchoolsofEngi- Centre for Language Learning. To in quality legal education that the SGT Field-based groupprojects organized ganised everyyear wherein prominent neering and Management,itoffers instil asense of social responsibility, University has stepped in. It has been (LLB) (Hons) (UGProgramme) by the Faculty of Law include the follow- lawschoolsacross the country partici- awide range of interdisciplinary it encourages pro-active legal aid offering some of the most competitive ■Five yearsintegrated BA LLB ing: pate in it. courses including foreign lan- services with Legal Services Au- and sought-after courses in thelegal (Hons)(UG Programme) ■VotingAwareness Campaign Thefaculty of law followsacurricu- guages,enhancing employability thorities.With astructured intern- profession. ■Five yearsintegrated BBALLB ■Legal aid to underprivileged people of lumthatisatpar with National and skills.The School givesastrong ship programme,the students have Dr.Archana Sarma, Situated in the heart of Gurugram,the (Hons) (UG Programme ) Budhera,Gurugram Public Law Universities.The facultyof- emphasis on the teaching peda- Head, made places in reputed lawfirms Universityhas asprawling campuswith ■LLM (One year) (PG Programme) ■Nukkad Natak based on consumer fers interaction with eminent lawyers gogy through use of modernre- NCULaw School apart from pursuinghigher studies. World-class infrastructure.The University ■PhD (FullTime Programme) rights in India and law firms which helps in live case sources for teaching,sessions with TheMentor-Mentee Scheme for established its faculty of law in 2014 in- TheFacultyofLaw also boasts of an ■Legalawareness camp basedonthe handling.Also,collaborations with for- experts,industrial visitsetc.Under the guidance personalised grooming, fee-concession and tending to provide an academically rich impressive moot courtroom which is in- themeofcrimes againstminors eign professors allow students in know- of Prof (Dr) Manjula Batra (Former Dean, scholarships to meritorious students aresome environment to students and groom spired by theSupreme CourtofIndia. It ■Legal awareness camp based on ing the legal framework more compre- JamiaMillia Islamia), NCU Law School has of the initiatives for the welfare of students.With them for the legal profession. It offers a helps students in getting acquainted dowrydeathsand domestic violence hensively. Students are not only strengthened its hand in research andteaching- well-equipped infrastructural resources, NCU diverse range of legal courses,which withrealcourtroom settingsand offers ■Legalawareness camp for preventing equipped with professional and acade- learning process.Experienced faculty with acad- Law School paves the wayfor the overallgrowth comply with therules of theBar Council them an opportunity to participate in in- female foeticides micskills but also get imbibed with the emic excellence is avalue addition in ensuring of young minds. of India and UGC as well. tra moot court competitions which are Thefaculty has adopted areflective social, moralvalues to be responsible TheSGTU Faculty of Law offersthe fol- held periodically. and collaborative pedagogy in teaching. citizens.Overall, SGTU aims to provide lowing courses: TheFacultyofLaw also organises Every branch of law is being taught to holisticlearning andgroom legal pro- ■Three yearsBachelor of Law seminars,panel discussions,and confer- faceprofessionalchallengesand getem- fessionals for the future. SRM University Law School Legal education: In pursuitofexcellence

ODAY global scenario is under- pedagogy,pro-bono lawyering, social going achurning process in all action initiatives and community lead- T thespheres of Law. Be it the de- ership programmes.Indian Legalsys- velopments in the LawofTrade; Envi- tem,which along with the US,UK, ronment Development and Climate Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Change; Law of Sea; Maritime and hitherto Hongkong, belongstothe Mercantile Law; Health Care and Med- common law traditions which prompts icine Law; Cyber and Space Law; Law us to offer the best possible solution- of warfare and neutrality as well as based instructionsand trainingsys- Global Financial andBusiness transac- tems.Weofferalternativeparadigm of tions. TheCovid-19 has opened up re- Legal Education modelwhich is entirely newed areas of discussion and deliber- basedoncaselaw studies. ations in the spheres of International As an upcomingCentrefor Excel- Law andGlobal Relations,functioning lence,the Faculty of Law SRM University of UN and other international organi- strives to be aglobal leader for provid- sations,weakeningofcivil,economic ing intellectual environment to nurture and constitutional liberties as well as the talent with world class facilities, human rights and humanitarian liber- faculty,curriculum, pedagogy, intellec- ties. This in turnisgeneratinganenor- tual delivery.The academic modelisde- mous pressure and is threateningthe signed on theresearch platform, clinical verypremise of human civilisation. and lab based programmes and training In lightofall these facts thelegal ed- throughoutreach and extensive activi- ucation system is also seeking readjust- ties.Weofferanenvironment of learn- ment and realignment to yield space to ing, training and development for all more innovativeideas,creative actions thosewho want to excel in Legal pro- and technology intervention. Keeping fession, corporate matters,research thesefactors in consideration the New and academics as well as various other Education Policy 2020has offered adif- fields of Legal entrepreneurship. ferential space for the legaleducation Law is always in astate of flux. To to evolve in accordance with the do- seekabetter comprehension of this main requirements andprofessional phenomenonweatSRM LawFaculty demands. are constantly engaged in pursuitofa We at SRM University Law School dynamiclegal education model that have been already seekingengage- shall seekthe accommodationofevery ment in carvingout all these options. day change that occurs in the domain of These initiative are to seekaclinically Law locally,nationallyand across the based Legal education Model that Globe. functions as per the framework of glob- Prof (Dr) Ashok KKantroo ally established best practices which Dean,Faculty of Law, arelikelab-basedclinical training and SRM University, Delhi NCR Sonipat DIRD: Acut above the rest

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128 141 105 120 AQI AQI AQI AQI Pollutant: 05PM: 10 00 0500 05PM: 10 00 0 PM: 10 500 OZONE 6 THE CITY 0-50 Good 51-100 Satisfactory 101-200 Moderate 201-300Poor 301-400VeryPoor 401-500Severe 96% overall attendance LOW WIND SPEED TO CAUSE‘IMMEDIATE STAGNATION’ BRIEFLY Journalist for JEE (advanced) exam City’sairqualitysettodipwith senttojudicial custody NewDelhi:ADelhicourt ASHNABUTANI incomingdust,stubbleburning Sundaysent freelance NEW DELHI,SEPTEMBER 27 journalist RajeevSharma, arrested in an espionage THE JOINT Entrance case under the Official Examination (Advanced) was EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AIRQUALITYINTHECAPITAL Secrets Act, to judicial cus- conductedacross 1,001centres NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 Abad tody,his lawyer said. The on Sunday andsaw 96% atten- PM10PM2.5 combo judgealso sent twoco-ac- dance. INTRUSIONOFdustfromcoun- cusedinthe case —a Paper 1ofthe exam had tries northwestofIndia and par- Sunday103 32 Chinese woman and a been conducted in the morning ticulate matter from farm firesin AdvisoryModerateSatisfactory AS TEMPERATURES dip, Nepalese man —tojudi- with1,51,311candidates and stubble burningstatesare being the ability of pollutantsto cial custody afterthey Monday134 41 paper 2was conducted in the notedinDelhi’s air,but high wind accumulatealsorises. were producedbefore afternoon with 1,50,900 candi- speedishelping in their disper- AdvisoryModerateSatisfactory September this year has him, Sharma’s advocate dates. sion. This could changebynext Tuesday165 51 been warmestinfive Adish Aggarwalasaid. PTI The 1,001centres in which week duetoan“immediate stag- years. Because of the lock- AdvisoryModerateSatisfactory theywereconducted were lo- nation” of windsbrought on af- down, the city has seen cated in 222 cities across the terthe withdrawalofmonsoon Source: Safar good quality air,the clean- Allintermediate country. over Delhi-NCR, whichisex- estinseveral yearsbut the yrDUstudents In Delhi, candidates ap- pectedaround October1,air pol- combinedeffect of peared fortheir examinations lution and weather experts said changeinwind direction, tobepromoted with masksand carrying sani- Students come out of aJEE exam centreinMohan Estate on on Sunday. dipping temperatures tisers in transparent bottles. Sunday. In total, therewere1,001 exam centres in 222 cities An official from the Ministry and stubbleburning withoutexam SurbhiSinha (18), from Khadda across the country. Abhinav Saha of EarthSciences said, “Dustlift- means Delhi’s airisgoing Colony, Jaitpur,sat forthe exam ing processishappeningfromar- to turn foul again soon. NewDelhi: All intermedi- in MathuraRoad. She said, eas around Afghanistanand ateyear studentsofDelhi “Social distancing norms were “Theexamwas delayedover line.” Rajasthan, because thereissus- University arebeing pro- followedinside. It waseven and over again, breaking their He addedthat candidates pension of dust as temperature have been reportedinthe state motedinthe academic moreorganisedthan JEE concentration. But Istill have satinalternateseatsinthe hall rises in those regions. Since wind between September 25 and 27, year 2019-2020,with the Mains.” hopes thatmyson will makeit while givingthe examination. speedoverDelhi is veryhigh, it is IMD officials said smokefromfarm firesinPunjab and mostlyinKarnal district.Hesaid opportunity to clear any Her mother Suman Sinha, to theIITs.” Beforeenteringthe examina- unlikelytoaffect airquality for Haryana is being noticedinDelhi’s air. AbhinavSaha 34 incidentswerereportedon examination in which who waited outside the exam- Afterthe examination, Parn tion hall, candidates were asked now.” Sunday. theymay have failedin ination hall, said,“Surbhi is the Pratap Singh (18) and Sanat to sanitise theirhands. The official added, “The im- “Wehaveshared alistof30 the next year.While the firstinour familytotakeher Vohra(17)discussedthe diffi- Security guards ensured mediatestagnantwindcondi- Twitter Saturday: “Dusttrans- Boardmembersecretary topstubble burning villages— university has been con- studies so seriously. She never cultylevels of thepaper.Sanat that candidates don’t bumpinto tions brought on afterthe with- portfromthe west is expectedto KaruneshGargsaidnearly 60 basedonour experienceofprevi- ducting onlineOpen Book went forcoachingbecause it is said, “The mathematics portion eachother. drawal of monsoonand the dust affect air quality in northern-cen- farm fireshavebeen confirmed ous years —toall DCs foreffec- Examinations forfinal very expensive.Yet,weknow wasabit difficult. Calculus Theyentered and exited one lifting… these twocombined tral India over the next two-three in Amritsar and Tarn Tarandis- tive monitoring andenforce- year undergraduateand she will succeedinwhatever questions that have neverbeen at atime.The seating areas conditions could affect air qual- days.” Gupta alsoposteddata trictsbetween September 22 and ment. Hopeful of asharp postgraduatestudents, it she does. My twoyoungerchil- asked before appeared in the were sanitisedinbetween the ity.” from aNASAsatellitethat 26. “Wevisited 129sites, of reduction in the coming season had decidedthat students dren wish to followher foot- exam.” twoshifts.When studentsen- Kuldeep Srivastava,head of showedcloseto290 firesin which72werereportedtonot comparedtoprevious years,” he of intermediateyears steps.” On the flowofhis prepara- teredthe centres,thermal the India Meteorological PunjabonSaturdayand over 20 have anyfires —meaning there said. would be assessedwith- However, manyparents said tion,hesaid, “The lastfew checks were conducted at the Department’s (IMD) regional in Haryana on Sunday. could be someother fire,suchas Aforecastfromthe Centre- out examinations —50% that changing the JEE examina- months,webecame abit lax as gates. weather forecasting centrein IMD officials alsosaidsmoke afireinthe city area or acrema- run air quality and weather fore- basedoninternalassess- tion dates repeatedly disrupted it kept gettingdelayed. We did Self-declaration forms were Delhi, said the withdrawal of from farm firesinPunjab and tion ground in an open village, casting agency SAFARonSunday ment and 50% basedon the flowofstudies.DrBBSingh nothaveany coaching classes, to be filledonthe admit card monsoon would beginon Haryana in the form of particu- that the satellitemay have cap- said, “Latewithdrawalofmon- marks from previous se- (52)was amongthem. He said, justafewrevision sessions on- beforehand. MondayfromwestRajasthan. latematterof2.5 micrometres tured,” Gargsaid. soon and the associated high- mesters. “Conditions arefavourable for (PM2.5) is beingnoticedin He addedthatfinestotalling pressuresystemand stagnant withdrawalfrommostparts of Delhi’s air. Rs 55,000have been imposedon wind conditions arelikelytoin- northwestIndia in subsequent Theysaidnorthwesterly farmers for15fireincidents so far fluenceDelhi’s air quality nega- Copsonpatrol two-threedays,including Delhi- winds were blowing over the and proceedingsfor others are tively by the endofnextweek.” rescueman NCR,” he added. city,whichfacilitate the transport underway. Delhi’s air quality indexon PawanGupta,senior scientist of pollutantsfromstubble burn- Haryana StatePollution Sundaywas 117inthe ‘moderate’ fromassault at Universities Space Research ing states. ControlBoardmembersecretary range, as per datafromthe Association, NASA,also postedon Punjab Pollution Control SNarayanansaid 55 farm fires CentralPollution ControlBoard. NewDelhi: A32-year-old, who wasallegedly being beaten up by five men armedwith knivesand Jamia entrance tests AjoyKumar quits sticks,was rescuedby po- licemen in CentralDelhi’s Anand Parbat. Head to begin on Oct 10 AAP, back in Cong Constable Damodarand Constable Vijaywereon patrolling duty when they came across the victim, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SOURAVROYBARMAN Kumar wasgiven who sustainedstabin- NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 charge of AAP’s juries on his head and ab- domen. Avideo of the in- ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS to AYEAR afterhejoinedAAP,for- Jharkhand unit in cidentwentviral on the variousundergraduateand mer IPS AjoyKumar returnedto March 2020 internet. “Thevictim and postgraduate courses in Jamia the CongressSunday, saying his friendwent to have Millia Islamia will begin on therewas no doubt thatthe dinneratarestaurant but October 10,with the varsity re- Arvind Kejriwal-ledparty was and wasgiven charge of AAP’s got intoafightwith the leasing theexam datesheeton being steered by decent people, Jharkhand unit in March 2020. owner due to slowservice. Sunday. but “decentpeople must also be Asked what had prompted The owner and the others In linewith the University guidedbyapolestar”. Kumar,for- the move,Kumartold TheIndian later attackedthem,” said GrantsCommission’s guidelines AJamia official said theyare mer Jamshedpur MP,had joined Express that the Kejriwal-led an officer. that classes forfirstyear stu- trying to begin classes for AAP in the presence of Delhi party,“whichhas manydecent dentsshould startinNovember, mostprogrammes by Nov1 Deputy Chief MinisterManish and good people”,has givenhim auniversity official said theyare Sisodiaahead of the 2019 no reasons to complain. “But de- Twoarrested trying to begin classes formost Jharkhand Assemblypolls.He cent people must bereadytopay forcheating programmes on November 1. loweredto4,000.Wehave had previously headedthe the price, decent people mustbe Everyyear,Jamia conducts asked theDelhi government for Congress’s Jharkhand unit before ready to followapolestar, and NewDelhi: Twomen were itsentrance exams in May, but supportbyallowing us to use resigning over differences with have avalue system. Theymust arrested forallegedly has been unable to do so until some of their schools as centres the stateleadership. beready to paythe price forwhat cheating over 1,500peo- UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research KolkataCentre nowdue to the Covid-19 pan- and theyhaveagreed. We are AAP did notcomment on his is right… The Congress has its ple under the pretextof (Formerly Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities) demic. still in the processofunder- statements. ownset of challengesbut it is the selling them liquor online. LB/8, Sector-III, Bidhan Nagar,Kolkata-700106 On Sunday, the university re- standing howmanysuchcen- Kumar announcedhis return onlyparty and Rahul Gandhi is Police said the accused, Ph. No. 033-2335-8035, 033-2335-1866 Fax No. 033-2335-6543, 2335-7008. leasedadatesheettoconduct tres we will be requiring. The ex- to the Congress on Twitter. the onlyleaderraising issues that Huzaifah and Hafiz Tufail, NOTICE INVITING TENDER No. 01/2020-21 126papers between October 10 ams will also be conducted in six “‘Silencebecomescowardice matter and fighting to save the postedads on Facebook UGC-DAE CSR, KolkataCentre of the Consortium invites separately sealed cover in Single and November 22. citiesoutside Delhi whichwe when occasiondemands speak- country’s socialfabric." selling liquor during the Part, from eligible bidder(s) for the following items/equipment ControllerofExaminations mention in our prospectus,”he ing out the whole truth &acting Acommunique signedby lockdown when thealco- Nazim Jafrisaid the varsity is yet said. accordingly.’-Mahatma Gandhi. Congress general secretaryKC hol outletswereshut. SI. No. Brief Description to finalise the exact number of The six cities whereexams Drivenbymyconscienceto Venugopal said party president 1 Chamber Furnace having Maximum temperature (-1300 Degree C) - centresinwhichthe examina- will be conductedare Calicut, speak up againstinjustice &in- Sonia Gandhi has approved the (Detail as per Tender document No.: IUC_CC/PUR/0282 tions will be conducted. Lucknow, Patna, Guwahati, stitutional capture, I’vebeen in- proposal forKumar’srejoining. CM appealsto 2 Deionized Water purification System “InJamia itself, usuallywe Srinagar and Kolkata. spired by Shri Rahul Gandhi & “Welcome back@drajoykumar. RWAstojoin (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/0299 have the capacity for12,000 This year,Jamia has seen an decidedto comebacktoINCIndia Youhad neveractuallyleftasfar 3 Freeze Dryer used for sample drying with condenser temperature (-80 Degree C) candidates. However, due to the increase in the number of appli- today,”hetweeted. as Iwas concerned,” Congress anti-dengue (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/0282A needs of social distancing and cantsfor the entrance tests, from Kumar wasapartofthe panel RajyaSabha MP Jairam Ramesh 4 Horizontal Tube Furnace (1200 Degree C) precautions,thiscapacity has 1,53,544lastyear to 1,70,992. of AAP nationalspokespersons tweeted. campaign (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/305 5 Table-top Hydro-thermal Autoclave (100 ml.) NewDelhi: Chief Minister (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/0300 POSTGRADUATEINSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION &RESEARCH CHANDIGARH ArvindKejriwalonSunday 6 Standard reference materials Advertisement No. PGI/RC/020/2020/3321 Dated: 27.09.2020 SI ‘shoots at’ friend, appealedtoresidentswel- (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/303 RECRUITMENT NOTICE fare associations(RWA) in 7 High Purity Elements(Chemicals) The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh invites the capital to push house- (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/302 ONLINE applications from Indian Nationals forfilling up of 95 posts of Senior Residents and 14 posts of Jr. leaves her on road holds to join the govern- /Sr.Demonstrators in different specialities in PGIMER, Chandigarh and 12 posts of Senior Residents and 5 8 High Purity Oxide Materials (Chemicals) posts of Demonstrators in different specialities in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bilaspur, ment’s anti-dengue cam- (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/301 Himachal Pradesh foramaximum period up to 03 years as per details given below: adrive.Afightbroke out be- paign.“Iappealto allRWAs 9 150 AH 12 VSMF VRLA Batteries- 30 nos. ITEM(S) TIMELINE(S)/ REMARKS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tween them whichallegedlyled to talkto peopleintheirso- DETAILS OF VACANCIES &OTHER RULES/ AS PER DETAILED GUIDELINES WITH NEW DELHI,SEPTEMBER 27 to thefiring. cietiesaswellandmotivate (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/0101 INSTRUCTIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH THIS ADV. NOTICE AT www.pgimer.edu.in SI Dahiyaallegedly leftthe them to jointhe ‘10 Hafte 10 150 AH 12 VSMF VRLA Batteries- 60 nos OPENING DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION 01.10.2020 (Detail as per Tender document No IUC_CC/PUR/303 FOR FILLING UP OF ONLINE APPLICATION ON A36-YEAR-OLD DelhiPolice injured woman on the road and 10 Baje 10 Minute’ anti- PGIMER’sWEBSITE www.pgimer.edu.in sub-inspectorallegedlyshothis fled. dengue campaign, we (Tender should be valid for acceptance up-to three months from the date of receipt) (Recruitment link at Home Page) friend inside his car in Outer DCP (Outer North) Gaurav have to defeat dengue to- 1. Cost of tender document: Rs. 200/- for each item, payable by Demand Draft(non- CLOSING DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION 21.10.2020 &SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATIONS Delhi’s Alipur on Sunday. Police Sharma said, “Wereceived in- gether,”saidKejriwal.ENS refundable) drawn in favour of “UGC-DAE CSR, KOLKATA CENTRE” said SI SandeepDahiya, posted formation about the firing from 2. Detailed tender document can be obtained in person or by post/fax/e-mail from DATE FORCOMPUTERBASED TEST 19.11.2020 (CBT) FOR 75 MARKS at Lahori Gatepolicestation, is SI Jaiveer,who is postedat Administrative officer –I (P &S), UGC DAE, CSR at the above-mentioned address, after EXAMINATION CITY 4CITIES IN INDIA absconding. Shahbad Dairypolice station. ‘Usetechto paying the cost of tender document. The details of the tenders are also available on our (BENGALURU, CHANDIGARH, DELHI/NCR Police sources said the SI al- He saidhewas near Sai Mandir website www.iuc.res.in &KOLKATA) clearpensions legedly shothis friend aftershe on GTKroad when he spotteda 3. The Tender Document can also be down loaded from the website www.iuc.res.in.Incase Admit cards of eligible candidates will only be uploaded on the website. asked him to marry her. woman lying on the road with the Tender Document is down loaded from the website, the Tender Document cost Rs. 200/- APPLICATION FEE speedily’ in the form of Demand Draftshall be submitted along with the Tender/Bid. Such tenders, if ●Persons with Bench-markDisabilities(PwBD): Exempted from payment of fee. The victim, a32-year-old bulletinjuries. He rushedher to received without tender fee, will not be considered. ●SC/ST category: Rs.800/- plus Transaction Charges as applicable. woman who worksinaprivate ahospital in his car.Onthe way, NewDelhi: DelhiWomen ●Forall others including General/ OBC/EWS: Rs.1500/- plus Transaction firm, sustainedmultiplebullet the woman told him about SI and Child Development 4. The bidder should be of high repute, well established and should have sufficient experience Charges as applicable. in execution of similar equipment to actual user. The candidates can deposit the above application feethrough online injuries. Dahiyaand howheshother.” MinisterRajendraPal 5. Tender document will be available on all working days- Monday to Friday (10.00 hrs. to payment gatewayavailable at the ONLINE APPLICATION portal w.e.f. According to police,the The woman’scondition is Gautam hasdirected his 16.00 hrs.) 01.10.2020 to 21.10.2020 using Debit/ Credit Card/ Net Banking. woman metDahiyalastyear on stable, said police. Acase has department to clear the IMPORTANT: The candidates willing to apply mayvisit the Institute’swebsite i.e. www.pgimer.edu.in social media and the twobe- been registeredagainstSI pendency of pension 6. Last date for receipt of Sealed Tender/Bid document at the above address is 26/10/2020 at (Recruitment link at Home page) fordetailed guidelines/ information, number of posts,eligibility 15.00 hrs. criteria,etc. All applicants are required to visit the website regularly since all subsequent came friends. Dahiyaonacomplaint by the cases at the earliestwith A.O-I (P&S) Corrigendum/ Addendum/ updates will be uploaded on the Institute’swebsite only. On Sunday, she calledhim to womanand teams have been the help of technology. 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DELHI CONFIDENTIAL Soldier,politician,diplomat From BJP founder member to a INTRIBUTE “DuringAtalji’s govt, he handledcrucial portfolios and lefta veteran in the cold strong markinworlds of finance, defence and ways remainedstrained. As external affairs.” LIZMATHEW GujaratCM,ModibannedSingh’s NARENDRA MODI RETAINED AGAIN NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 book in the statein2009. He also PRIME MINISTER warnedthen BJP leadership that IN THE national team BJP chief JPNadda pickedSaturday, THE PASSINGawayofJaswant itwouldhurtthepartyinthecivic “He wasknown forhis Bhupender Yadav(above), who retainedhis position as Singh Sundaymarks the end of polls.Theleadershipcouldnot ig- sharp, analytical mind general secretary, has aunique distinction of being in the another chapterinthe fading out norethe warningand Singh was and respected by national office bearers’ team continuouslyfor adecade now. of the Atal Bihari Vajpayeeera in asked to stay away from the BJP’s people across the Yadavhas worked under party presidentsNitin Gadkari, the BJP.Coincidentally, the de- ‘Chintan Shivir’ the samemonth. political spectrum.” Rajnath Singh, Amit Shahand nowNadda. mise of oneofthe chiefarchitects Along with Advani and others, LKADVANI of the BJP’s coalition politics oc- Singhhad stayed away from the BJP VETERAN curredadayafter itstraditional 2013 party conclaveinGoawhere “Jaswant Singh ji's ally, ShiromaniAkaliDal,walked Modi’snationalrolewastobedis- passing leavesavoid out of the NDA. cussed. He had admittedlater TALK OF RESHUFFLE in our national and The political significance of that he sought Modi’s removalas public lifethat WITH SONIA Gandhi backinIndia, thereistalk of yetanother Singh’spresence in his party CM afterthe post-Godhrariots. cannotbefilled.” reshuffle in the Congress. This time, manyAICC secretaries shrunk long ago—he wasex- As aBJP politician and amin- and some statepresidentscould be replaced. With Randeep pelledfromtheBJPin2009overa ister, he wasalways closer to Vajp- SONIA GANDHI Singh Surjewala becoming general secretary, thecommuni- book he wroteand wasdenieda ayee. He also opposedLK CONGRESS PRESIDENT cation department is going to getanewhead. Those in the ticket in the 2014 general elec- Advani’s RamRathYatra.But the reckoning include PawanKheraand SupriyaShrinate. Some tions. He contested from Barmer distancing from the BJP leader- among the 23 letter writers areinterested, but it is to be seen as an Independentbut lost. Soon ship in his later years —people whether Sonia entrusts oneamong them with suchakey job. afterthe polls,hemet withanac- close to himsay he nevertriedto 1998 Nuclear tests,Kargil: How he cidentandwasunwellsincethen. “patchup” —brought him closer Singhdiedafteracardiacarrest to Advani. ACTION-REACTION at ArmyHospital (R&R) wherehe Some political observers con- wasbeing treatedfor Sepsis with sideredVajpayee,SinghandBhai- redefined India vis-à-vis US, world THE APPOINTMENT of APAbdullakutty as BJP vice-president MultipleOrganDysfunctionSynd- ronSinghShekhawatasthe“mod- has triggered protestsfromparty leaders in Kerala, whichgoes rome, hospital authorities said. eratetrio” in the BJP.“Iamnot a to polls next year.Party insiders said stateBJP leaders have PM NarendraModiremem- mosquebreaker,”Singhwouldtell gave us false assurances…” Singh complainedtothe leadership. While the central leadership beredSingh’s“uniqueperspective people. At atime when adelega- SHUBHAJITROY said,withasmile,“No Madeleine, explainsthe appointment of Abdullakutty and thatofTom onmattersof politicsandsociety”. tion of BJP chief ministers visited NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 farfromit.Your agenciesbetrayed Vadakkan as national spokesperson as partofits “Operation “He also contributedtothe Ayodhya,Singh had told asenior you…” Kerala” ahead of the Assemblypolls,state leaders pointout strengtheningofthe BJP.Iwill al- journalistwhoaskedhimwhether ONAwintereveningof December The outcome of these negoti- they have been sidelinedfor long. Even the RSS unit, consid- ways rememberourinteractions,” heconsideredthedisputedsite as 1999,Ihad the firstencounter ations have been the bedrock of ered to be one of the mostactive in the country, said the party the PrimeMinister tweeted. amosqueoratemple:“Itisneither with the then External Affairs Indo-US ties in the 21st century. has been accommodating personalities from outsideand ig- Singh’s partymen would re- amosque, nor atemple.” MinisterJaswant Singh. As acity He wasalso External Affairs noring thosewho worked forthe organisation. memberhisknackinmanagingal- Born in JasolvillageofRajas- reporter, Imanaged to getinside MinisterduringtheKargil conflict liancepartners duringthe NDA’s than’s Barmer district in 1938, aprivate meeting betweenSingh and workedtowardsbuilding in- firsttenure attheCentre.Hehada Singh went to Mayo Collegein and the relativesofthe hijacked ternational consensus on good rapportwiththenAIADMK Ajmer and later joinedthe Army. passengers of the IC-814 plane. Pakistanbeing the aggressor in CHHATTISGARH supremoJJayalalithaa.Whenever He became aRajya Sabha mem- When one of the passengers the conflict. therewerecracksinthe alliance, berin1980. Since then, he rema- said, “Sir,pleasedosomethingfor One of the abiding memories Willbringresolution against then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee inedanMPtill 2014 —heserved the sakeofour children”, Singh among Indian diplomatsis would rushSingh to Chennai. He as amember in both Houses. replied, “If by keeping my son as Singh’s finesse when he read the farm Bills in Assembly: Baghel also enjoyedwarmties with AGP Despitefacing difficultiesin hostage,Icouldreleasethosepas- riotact in June 1999 when leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. his political career due to keeping sengers, Iamwilling to offermy With then US Deputy SecretaryofState Strobe Talbott. File PakistanForeign minister Sartaj Governor AnusuyaUikey also In 2009, Singh, afounding adistance from the RSS, Singh son.” What Idid notknowback Aziz visited Delhi. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE condemnedthe incident after member of the BJP,was expelled neverseemedtohavemadease- then wasthathehad even dis- TCARaghavan, who worked RAIPUR,SEPTEMBER27 journalists from Kankersought over his book, Jinnah: India, rious attempt to win itsconfi- cussedthiswithhis son, afact rorism”. Later,inanIdea icyatthe turn of the century. He as Singh’s aide and later became herintervention,evenasjournal- Partition, Independence,thatthe dence.One incidentpeoplefamil- Singhrecordedinoneof hisbooks. ExchangeatThe IndianExpress in shaped India’s engagement with the High Commissioner to Paki- CHIEFMINISTERBhupeshBaghel istorganisations in severaldis- BJPleadership felt glorified iar to him citewas hisvisit to the That Singh’s eventful career as 2012,hesaid,“Governmentshave the worldatacritical juncture. stan,wroteinhis book,ThePeople said on Sundaythathis govern- trictsregisteredtheir supportfor Mohammad Ali Jinnah and criti- RSSofficewherehewalkedinto Ministerfor External Affairs, to take adecisionnot as if theyare In the aftermathof India’snu- Next Door:The curioushistory of ment would introduce aresolu- 53-year-oldKamal Shukla,editor cised Sardar Patelfor Partition. the Sarsanghchalak’s room with Defenceand Finance is remem- whiteorblack... it’s notdecisions clear testsin1998, he wasde- India’s relations with Pakistan: tion in the Legislative Assembly of Bhumkal Samachar. HisrelationshipwithModial- sandals on. beredfor this Kandaharhijack have oftentobetaken, mostof- puted by then PM Atal Bihari “Singh, aformercavalry officer againstthe newfarmlegislation Dismissing parallels drawn episode, whichculminated with tentobetaken, whenthe choice Vajpayeetoact as India’s repre- who carriedhis militarybearing clearedbythe Centre. betweenhisgovernmentandthe hisaccompanying the three ter- is betweenshades of grey,be- sentativetoholdconversations wherever he went, wasinno Speakingatapressconference previous regime in the contextof rorists,including Masood Azhar, tweenbad andless bad. Andin with the US. He had severalcon- mood foralongdiscussion.” in Raipur,hesaid the three Bills treatmentof thePress,Baghelsaid is something that rankledhim. this case, to release three in- versationswith Americaninter- Singh later told colleagues, wrote were passed in an “unconstitu- “Under their regime, ajournalist In his book,‘ACall to Honour: prison terrorists,isin-principle locutor StrobeTalbott on matters Raghavan, “Aziz’s proposal to tional”mannerinthe Parliament in Bastarwas booked under seri- In service of emergent India’, he bad.To knowthatyouraction-in- related to nuclear policy and have aceasefire…so totallyirrel- and accusedthe BJP-ledCentral ous allegations and even his own reproduced his diaryjotting on action would result in the deaths strategy. evant that Icould hardlyhide my government of introducing the publicationhadrefusedtoassoci- December 31,1999 on board the of 166innocent people is very Talbott, in his book Engaging impatience.” legislation through the “back- atewithhim.Now,journalistscan special flight to Kandahar with bad. No government can possibly India wrotethathe andSinghmet On Sunday, afterhearingof his door”. come to me anddemand action. the terrorists,“Idonot really leta166, someofthem arenot 14 tims at 10 locations in seven demise, Indian ambassador to “Wewillfollowupwithlegal That is the difference. It should knowwhattoterm my mission even your citizens, die…if Iwere countries on three continents. MadagascarandComoros, Abhay procedures if theyforce imple- have neverhappened, but now —arescuemission, an appease- to makeachoice Iwould unhesi- In July‘98,USSecretaryof Kumar recalledthat afterjoining mentation,”headded. that it has, we areinvestigating ment exercise, aflight to compro- tatingly makeachoice forthe life StateMadeleine Albright met Indian Foreign Service, he would Addressingthe attack on the andstrictactionwillbetaken.”He mise or aflight to thefuture?” He of human beings.” Singh on sidelines of the ASEAN oftenvisitKhan Market.“Once we editorof aregionaldailyinKanker added that moresections might recalleditasa“searing experi- Singh,who servedasExternal Regional Forum meeting. sawJaswant Singh and told him district aday earlier,Baghel con- beaddedtotheFIR,if alltheaccu- ence”ashe battledbetween“two Affairs MinisterfromDecember Albright startedthe meeting, ac- thatwe were IFSprobationers.He demnedtheincidentandassured sationsof Shuklamentionedinhis With LKAdvani, Pramod Mahajan and NarendraModi. File moral rights: saving the livesof 5, 1998 to July1,2002, waskey to cordingto Singhinhis book,“You bought us all books.” That was strict action againstthe guilty. statement arefound to be true. innocentsand afight againstter- India’s foreign andstrategic pol- have betrayed us,Jaswant.You quintessential Jaswant Singh.

RAJASTHAN VIOLENCE Highway to HisCMship shaky, Yediyurappa fights on Karnataka: Land, Gujarat reopens labour amendments after 3daysas another front: emergence of his ‘Super CM’ son protest called off "Nothing is likelytohappenuntil hit Council roadblock

JOHNSONTA ED the Bihar elections.Therehas to BENGALURU,SEPTEMBER27 be aplan to rehabilitate tabledintheHouse,withthegov- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Family Yediyurappa first, since he too, is EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ernmentdecidingagainstrepeal- PLAIN AHMEDABAD,JAIPUR, SINCE FEBRUARY,two anony- E problems amass leader.” BENGALURU,SEPTEMBER27 ingasectionoftheActtoincrease ● EX SEPTEMBER27 mous letters have surfaced la- Yediyurappa's popularity,in land-holding by afamilyoffive belling Karnataka Chief Minister THE77-YEAR-OLD fact, is the main reason forthe IN Amarathon session that from10 units(54acres)to 20units POLICEINfivedistrictsofGujarat BSYediyurappa's younger son B Yediyurappa’s familyhas party to notrush intoaction stretchedintothe early hours of (108 acres)and forafamilyof10 that shareborder with Rajasthan YVijayendra,45, as a“Super CM” created problemsfor him againsthim. In 2011,after he was Sunday,the BJPgovernment in from 20 units(108acres) to 40 remainedonhighalertonSunday whose word can seal project earlier too. In 2011,hewas forced to resign as CM, Karnataka managed to pass Bills units(216acres). in the wake of aviolent protest clearances andtransfers.Thesec- forced to quit as CM, and Yediyurappa hadfloatedhis own to modify key land andlabour StateRevenue MinisterR and arson by tribal youth of ond letter,whichhas signatures subsequentlyjailed, over party,whichwas instrumental in laws through the Assemblyamid Ashok,saidthesectionssoughtto Udaipur in Rajasthan,evenasthe purportedly of afew BJP MLAs, allegations of corruption sinking the BJP in the 2013 Opposition walk-outs, but was berepealedfacilitatedcorruption situation improved later in the suggestedthatthe son's aidescol- involvingVijayendra and Assemblypolls.Hehad returned stymiedbytheLegislative Council while notbenefiting farmers. night when the agitation was lecteda“VijayendraServiceTax”. Raghavendra. All three to the BJP fold in 2014 after whereitdoesnot have majority. Leader of theOpposition calledoff and National Highway- This letter wasreleased by were acquitted by aCBI NarendraModi, by then the BJP's The amendment to the land SiddaramaiaharguedthattheBill 48(Ahmedabad-Udaipur)finally Congress leaders in Mysoreatthe courtin2016. One of the Prime Ministerpick, had sought lawseeks to repealsections that wasinthe interestofthe “real es- openedafter threedays. end of August. Yediyurappa withhis sons BYVijayendra(to his left) and reasonswhy Yediyurappa him out. restrict rightsoverfarmland to tate mafia” in Bengaluru. Since Friday, hundredsoflo- The letters coincidewithmur- BYRaghavendraafter the 2018 assemblypolls. File fell out with the BJP lead- But the corruption allega- only agriculturistsandthoseearn- JD(S)leader and former Chief calyouth have been protesting murs of growing unhappiness in ershipahead of the 2018 tions could makeiteasier forthe ing belowRs2lakh per annum. MinisterHDKumaraswamysup- over their demand to fill unre- the BJP over the waythe govern- Assembly polls washis BJP.“If these become abig issue, The labourAct amendment, ported the Billsaying he himself served seatsfor teachers in ment is being run. Thereare alle- ondletteremerged.Another for- claimedtherewas “a systematic push foraticket for the leadership can use them to meanwhile,looksto allowindus- hadto faceallegationsof violation Rajasthan with ScheduledTribe gations of corruption and inter- mer CM, HDKumaraswamyof conspiracy to createconfusion”. Vijayendra from Mysore’s getYediyurappatostepaside trieswithupto 300employeesto of theAct.Whilethelandreforms (ST) candidates. ference in the administration by the JD-S, has talked of “a bidding While Yediyurappa's elder Varuna constituency. without hurting the sentiments shutdownwithout government legislation wasstalled in the MLLather,DG(CrimeBranch) members of Yediyurappa's fam- processfortransferringofficials”. son BYRaghavendra, 47,isalsoin of the Lingayat community,”a approval—theexistingupperlimit Council,the labour lawamend- of RajasthanPolice,said “thehigh- ily. The CM has been kept hang- Recently, atweet from ahan- politics and aBJP MP from the legislator said. is 100workers. ment—The Industrial Disputes wayhas opened now.”Hesaid ing on aCabinetreshuffle by the dle linked to aformer police offi- family's home district of Shimoga, familyand closeaides like MP Yediyurappa and Vijayendra Congress calledthe land re- and Certain Other Laws that as of Sunday, as manyas21 BJP's Delhi leadership. cer associated with the BJP, Vijayendra, alawyer, is consid- Shobha Karandlaje did notinter- have deniedthe charges. In forms amendment a“death war- (Karnataka Amendment)Act, FIRswereregisteredinconnection Offthe record, BJP MLAs say Shankar Bidari, tagged Prime ered to be the CM's natural polit- fere in the administration, given February,Vijayendra had said, rant” forfarmers. But JD(S) sup- 2020—wasdefeatedintheUpper withtheviolenceandtheprotests Vijayendra, who became avice- MinisterNarendra Modi and ical heir.Overthe lastone year, the 2008-11experience.The “This is being spreadas partofef- portedit. An ordinance House.The legislaturealso whichbegan on September 24. presidentofthe Karnataka BJP asked,“Whyare youtolerating Vijayendrahas been projecting murmurs about Vijayendracoin- fortstocurbmy politicalgrowth.” promulgated on July13torepeal passedtheKarnatakaAgricultural “Wehavearrestedmorethan 40 twomonths ago, has emergedas theworstkind of corruption by himself as aleader “for the future” cide withtalk of theBJP central Speaking in Delhi on September four keysectionsofthe land re- Produce Marketing (Regulation persons so far,”hesaid. akey playerinthe government. your CM and familyin with the help of ateam of publi- leadership easing Yediyurappa 18,Yediyurappa said, “It is natu- forms law, whichrestrictedthe andDevelopment)(Amendment) As protestors blockedthe “Thereare twoCMs in thestate. Karnataka”. cistsand media professionals. out of the CM's postinthe next ralfor peopletobecome intoler- saleoffarmland,isstillinforce. Bill2020—mirroringtheCentre’s highway near Kherwara in Vijayendraisthe de factoCM, While in Delhi earlier this According to sources,the fewmonthsintoa"margdar- ant of those who aregrowingpo- The Karnataka Land Reforms legislation— amid an Opposition Rajasthan, Gujarat police had Yediyurappa is thedejureCM,” month, Yediyurappa had said BJP'snational leadershiphad shak'' role –its parkinglot for litically. Vijayendrahas not (Amendment) Bill,2020con- walk-out. blockedthe particularhighway Congress leaderand formerCM therewas no truthtothe allega- specifically instructed leaders above 75 years of age. interfered foramoment(in the tainedamodification of theJuly FULLREPORTON routefor vehicles from their side. Siddaramaiah said afterthe sec- tions againstVijayendra and Yediyurappa to ensure that his However, aBJP MLAsaid, stateadministration).” 13 ordinance and the original Bill www.indianexpress.com

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KERALA MANN KI BAAT Women thrash TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE YouTuber for Withstoriesofinnovation,PMstresses: 209 CASES: RECOVERED:49,41,627 DAYSSINCE 59,92,532 DEATHS:94,503 PANDEMIC ‘vulgar’remark, BEGAN TESTS: 7,12,57,836| DOUBLING RATE: 48.10** get support farmerstheheartofAtmanirbharnation from Pinarayi He referred to Kanwar Producer CompanyLimited, an interesting fact is that, due to the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Chauhan, afarmer from Sonepat FPO in Maharashtra, that had absence of middlemen, notonly SHAJUPHILIP NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 in Haryana, who would earlier usedthe reform to improvethe did the farmer profit, but the THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, oftenhavehis produce and carts situation of manyfarmers. consumer toobenefited,” he KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING SEPTEMBER27 WITH FARMERS' organisations confiscated if he triedtosell out- “Farmers in Pune and said. TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** and Opposition and regional side the mandi. Mumbai arethemselvesrunning In Lucknowtoo, thePrime FED UP with alleged police inac- parties stepping up protests “But in 2014,fruitsand veg- weeklymarkets,” Modi said. “In Ministersaid, agroup of farmers ■ Maharashtra 13,21,176 20,419 1.53% 47.08 tiononanonlineabusecomplaint, againstthe farm Bills passedby etables were excluded from the these markets, theproduce of calledthe 'Iraada Farmer ■ Andhra 6,68,751 7,293 1.14% 63.21 adubbing artiste and twoother Parliament this week,Prime APMC Act, whichgreatly bene- about four and ahalf thousand Producer' had procured fruits ■ Tamil Nadu 5,75,017 5,647 1.00% 72.29 womenbargedintotheresidence MinisterNarendraModion fitedhim and fellowfarmers... farmers, of nearly 70 villages,is and vegetables directlyfromcul- of aKerala YouTuber,beat him up Sundaysaid his government's Four yearsago,healongwithfel- Farmers can sell ‘anywhere sold directlywithoutany mid- tivators during the lockdown, ■ Uttar Pradesh 3,82,835 4,302 1.35% 53.31 and elicitedanapology on live agriculturesectorreforms have lowfarmers of his village, and to anyone’: PM dleman! and sold it directlyinthe city's ■ Delhi 2,67,822 3,372 1.41% 51.24 videobeforeseizinghislaptopand givenfarmersthe powertosell formedaFarmer Producers' “The rural youth aredirectly marketswithoutthe involve- handing it over to the cops. their produce “anywhereand to Organisation (FPO). Todayfarm- involvedinthe process of farm- ment of middlemen. *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth One dayafter theepisode in anyone...wheretheycan geta ers in the villagecultivate sweet Modi assertedthat “the one ing and selling to this market. In Rampuravillageof CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT Thiruvananthapuram, artiste higher price according to their corn and babycorn. Their pro- who is rooted to the ground is This directlybenefitsthe farm- Gujarat's Banaskantha,Modi 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Bhagyalakshmi, and activists wish”. duce is being supplieddirectlyto equallyfirm during thecourse of ers and the youth of the village said, farmer Ismail Bhai had used Sreelakshmi Arakkal and Diya “Our farmers, our villagesare Azadpur Mandi, Delhi, big retail thebiggestofstorms”,andthat“in aregainfullyemployed.” drip irrigation to cultivate pota- 1.61 8.48 88,600 Sana,Sundaywon the strong the very basis of Atmanirbhar chains, and five star hotels,” the thisdifficultperiodofCorona,our Modi also mentionedthe toes. “Today... he is growing pota- NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: backingof Chief MinisterPinarayi Bharat”, and “in the recent past, PM said. agriculturalsector,ourfarmersare Tamil Nadu BananaFarmers' toes that areofveryhigh quality. 1.58 8.41 92,043 Vijayan, Health and Social Justice theseareas have liberated them- “Today, the farmersofthe vil- livingtestimonytothis”.At adiffi- Produce Company, afarmers' Ismail Bhai directly sells these Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs MinisterKKShailaja, as well as a selvesfrommanyrestrictions lageare earning Rs 2.5 lakh to 3 cult time forthe economy, the collective that purchasedhun- potatoes to large companies, the positivecases (in%); numbertested recovering; more wide section of civil society. and triedtobreak free from lakh per acreannuallybyculti- farm sector had been resilient, he dredsoftonnes of vegetables middlemen arejustout of the indicator of progress (in%); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Bearing the brunt of the manymyths”, Modisaid. vating sweetcornand baby corn. said, and “if our farmers, our vil- and fruit from nearbyvillages question. And the result:heis DataasonSeptember26,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers women’sfurywasYouTuberVijay In his monthlyMann Ki Baat More than 60 farmers of this vil- lages... remain strong then the during the lockdown, and sup- earninghandsome profits. He includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive PNair,known to upload videos radio address, the Prime lage... areproducingvarieties of foundationof AtmanirbharBharat pliedavegetable combo kit to has nowrepaid all the debtsof withderogatoryand sexually ex- Ministersought to illustratewith tomato, cucumber and cap- will remain strong”. Chennai. his father... he is helping hun- plicitcomments on his channel. examples howfarmers stood to sicum and earning Rs 10 lakhto Modi citedthe exampleof “Justthink,how many dredsoffarmers in hisregion Hewasslapped,dousedwithmo- benefit from the changes. 12 lakh per acreevery year.” the Sri Swami Samarth Farm youth... theyemployed, and the (and) changing their livestoo.” Hogwash, hurtful: SPB toroil andmade to apologise on a FacebookLivevideo. family on rumours over Vijayansaid the government 1held by NIA in wouldinterveneto ensurejustice 5moredetained for Dalit lawyer’skilling forthe victims as well as punish- Bengal terror hospital bill payments ment forthe accused. “Direction Killercouldn’t tolerate insult to has been giventopolice forcon- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE module case questedthe Tamil Nadu govern- ducting acomprehensive probe AHMEDABAD,SEPTEMBER27 Brahmins, says former employer ARUNJANARDHANAN ment but theydid notrecipro- intothe complaints. However, Devji Kolkata: The National CHENNAI,SEPTEMBER27 cate, and Ihad gone to the Vice everyone shouldbecareful notto TWODAYSafter Kutch-based Maheshwari Raval, in high regard.“Bharatbe- Investigation Agency (NIA) has President of India and theyhad take lawintotheirownhands,’’he Dalit activist-cum-lawyer Devji SRINATHRAO longs to the Maharaj Brahmin said in astatement that it has ar- DISMISSINGRUMOURSthat reciprocated instantaneously… said in astatement. Maheshwari waskilled, al- MUMBAI,SEPTEMBER27 community.Ihired Bharatonhis rested SamimAnsari, the tenth Vice PresidentVenkaiah Naidu Also,thatunless we had paid the “Stringentactionwillbetaken legedly by aMumbai-basedman in the murder case following a father’s request,” he said. accusedinits probeintothe Al- had to paythe hospital bills of balance amount, the hospital againstthose whohaveabused over his alleged“anti-Brahmin” complaintbythe victim’s wife. AT Atinyshopinsideahousingso- Maheshwari,meanwhile,was Qaeda module in West Bengal, latesinger SPwasnot releasingmydad’s body womenthrough social media. If postsonsocialmedia,police de- Mayur Patil, superintendent ciety at Malad West wherehere- Bhoja’s lawyer in a13-year-old in Murshidabad. Balasubrahmanyamduring his forlastrites. Letmejustsay one the lawisnot suitable forthat, we tainedfivemoreaccusedinthe of police, KutchGandhidham, pairsand sells printers, Mahesh land dispute. “Devjibhai wasa The arrest,NIA said, was lastdays,the artiste’sfamily thing, this is all abig hogwash. I willthink aboutlegislating anew case on Sunday. told The Indian Express:“The Bhojawondershow aformerem- very braveman.Hewould never made in association with the Sundaysaid suchclaims were don’t knowwhy people do this, law,”hesaid. So far, six accused,including main accusedwas held from ployeewent from issuing refuseto take upacaseandprom- Special Task ForceofWest “offensive”and hurtful. without even consulting us...” It wasonlyafter this incident Bharat Raval, aMumbai resident Mumbai on Saturdayand we de- drunkenthreats to actuallymur- ise to getitresolved,” Bhoja said. Bengal. Ansari will be produced Balasubrahmanyamwas ad- He addedthat the situation that policeregisteredacase who hails from Kutch’s Rapar, tainedfivemoreaccusedtoday deringaDalitlawyerinGujaraton “Bharatwas fond of drinking. before aspecial courtinDelhi, it mitted to MGM Healthcare from had forced him to issue aclarifi- againstNair basedonhave been detainedinthe case. (Sunday). We areyet to corrob- Friday. But everytimehegot drunk,he said. The agency earlier made six August5untilhis death on cation even as the entirefamily Bhagyalakshmi’s week-old com- Meanwhile, as aSpecial oratewith the main accusedre- Bhoja hails from Rapar in wouldstartabusing.Hewouldbe- arrestsfromMurshidabad and Friday. Soon after, rumours wasstill grieving his father’s plaint. The policesaid theyregis- Investigation Team comprising garding the role of the remain- Gujarat’s Kutchdistrict, the same come angryatDevjibhai’s three from Ernakulam. startedcirculating on social me- death. teredthree morecases—one sevensenior police officers of ing accusedinthe murder and town as Bharat Raval(22),who Facebook posts.Hecouldnot tol- Sources said Ansari worked diathathis family wasunable to “They(rumour-mongers) againstthe women on acom- KutchRange wasformed on legal proceedings suchasCovid wasarrestedSaturdayfor the erateanyone insultingHindusor in Kerala forthree years and re- paythe bills, hadtoseek help don’t seem to realisehow offen- plaintby Nair,anotheragainstNair Sunday to investigatethe case. test of the detainees aregoing killing of Dalit lawyer and activist Brahmins,”Bhojasaid. It washis turnedtoNowdapara villagein from “Delhi”, and that it wasthe sive this wasfor people associ- afterArakkal’scomplaint,andthe Fifty-year-old Maheshwari on... An SIT with sevenofficers, Devji Maheshwari over his “anti- “hot-headedness”thatcostBharat Murshidabad ayear ago. He now Vice President who steppedin. ated with this issue. It wasvery lastagainstdirectorSanthivila waskilledonFridayevening in including me, has been formed.” Brahmin” social media posts.The hisjob.“Onenight,heurinatedon worksasamason. Balasubrahmanyam’s son SP disheartening. Very sadthat we Dinesh,who made an offensive Rapar,allegedly by Raval, who is On Saturday, Ravalwas held relationship between the three the entrance of the neighbouring “He has no connection with Charan said on Sunday: “There still have suchpeople around comment aboutBhagyalakshmi seen in the CCTVfootage follow- by the Mumbai Crime Branch men goes muchdeeper than shop,” said Bhoja,after whichhe terrorists and is being falselyim- arerumours about billsand that us…SPB wasaperson who on the incident.FULLREPORTON ing the victim inside abuilding in andhandedovertothe Gujarat merelybeinglocalsof Rapar.Bhoja waslet go. FULLREPORTON plicated,” said his wifeChand we paidsomethingand there would have forgiven this person www.indianexpress.com Rapar town. Nine were booked Police. holds Bharat’s father,Jayantilal www.indianexpress.com Tara Bibi. ENS wasbalance, and that we re- who spread this rumour,” he said.

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NARENDRASINGH TOMAR: sugarcane and maizedirectly from made), we have authorisedthe Sub- Over the pastfive-six years, the farmers. What has been seen in the Divisional Magistratetoundertake an in-

Prime Ministerhas takenseveral steps case of sugarcane is that foryearsthe vestigation and reportwithinafixed time. to help farmers double their income. In dues of farmersare notpaid. In the The SDM is under the stategovernment... 2009-10, the AgricultureMinistry’s case of maize, the business wasgood In the courts,the matter willtakealong budget was last year,but this year because of time. The farmer can approachthe SDM

Rs 12,000crore, and Animal Husbandry Covid, therewerenobuyers, despite anytime. That is whywehaveauthorised and Fisheries wasadepartmentinthe the produce having an MSP.So, how the SDM to examinematters. So all I ministry. Today, while theyare separate will youensurethatthe dues of the would sayis, letthe lawget implemented departments,wealone have abudget of farmers arepaid, and the farmer will Rs 1,34,000 crorefor theAgriculture and paid on time? definitelybenefit WHY ‘ Ministry. The MSP has been increased, Beforethese Bills No state has written to me from it. an infrastructurefund has been insti- NARENDRA TOMAR also, therewas no about increasingNREGA As farasonions tuted.The threeBills —Farmers’ Produce lawtoensure that areconcerned, there Trade and Commerce (Promotion and is ministryhas the farmers will get days. Can give extra50days can be shortage of Facilitation) Bill, 2020; The Farmers been at the centre their dues. The APMC some produce or (Empowerment and Protection) Acts had no suchpro- in special circumstances. If therecan be surplus Agreement on PriceAssurance and Farm Hof the three farm vision. Our Bills have production. Thereis we get aproposal, we will Services Bill, 2020; and, TheEssential Bills passed during the aprovisiontoensure ‘ aprocess... Commodities (Amendment) Bill,2020 that the farmer is deliberate over it Sometimes, prices —havebeenpassedbyParliament.Itis Monsoon Session. Despite paid within three can increase, arevolutionarychange, andwhen such days of selling their whether to allow changes happen, thereisalways some protests from farmers, and produce. The mo- that, or allowthe ex- opposition. But the current opposition demands by the ment the produce is delivered, the buyer portofsomeproducts... the Commerce is politicallymotivated.The Bills will will have to give the farmer areceipt, Ministryexamines these aspectscon- help the farmer,itisfor their benefit. The Opposition and one of its whichwill ensurethat the farmer has stantly. So theyhavetaken acall this time. Bills will be instrumentalinincreasing allies to send the Bills to a proof of sale,and within threedays the But Iwanttoassureeveryonethat the the earningsoffarmers... It will free paymenthas to be made. Central government is closelywatching them from the clutches of the mandis... selectcommittee,the Secondly, this issueisnot linked to food prices. Thereare provisions to ensurethat the sugarcane at all. The process to decide the farmer can break away from the agree- Centre dug in its heels. FRP of sugarcane is different and it comes MANRAJ GREWAL SHARMA: The ment when he wantsbut the processor Since 2014, Tomar has AkaliDal has been pointingout that can’t do so. The processor has to paythe theyhad presented anoteofdissent farmer the amount that wasagreed helmed manydepartments, to the government on the Bills, and upon. So these Bills aremeant to protect and nowalso heads the that theyweretold that their the farmer,toimprove their situation, to concerns,whichwereprimarily ensurethat theycan use the latesttech- ministries of Rural linked to the MSP,will be addressed. nology,and that theydonot face any Development and Food Theyhavebeencomplaining that hurdles while exporting. the BJP did notpay attention to Therehavebeenattemptstospread Processing Industries their concerns despitethe rumours about the Bill for political rea- fact that the tiesbetween sons. Farmers arebeing told that MSP will thetwo partiesgobacka be abolished. Iwant to clarify that we had long way. Whatisyour declared the MSP forkharif cropsearlier. response? The crops will be harvestedsoon and the Ibelieve the issue of government will buy it. This is the govern- farmers should be kept ment’s commitment. away from politics. The Secondly, we have also recentlygot countryhas spent along the MSP forrabi crops approvedbythe time politicising issues Cabinet, and Imade astatement about it related to farmers. This in LokSabha as well. Thereshould be no is 21st centuryIndia, confusion regardingMSP.Itisthe gov- and we have arespon- ernment’s decision and we have con- sibility to take India stantlyincreasedthe MSP,and the forward. Forthat, we farmer has benefited from it.Earlier,only have to take agricul- wheat and paddy were bought. Under tureforward.Sothat is PM Modi’s leadership, we also beganthe whyIwant to request purchase of oilseeds and the farmer is leaders of all parties benefiting from it. that there should be no Ialsowant to clarifythatthe APMCs politics on agriculture will notget affected by it. Theyhavebeen and farmers. setupunderstate laws andtheywillcon- If youlook at the tinue to operate. Outside the APMC Congress manifesto dur- premises,the farmer will have the op- ing Lok Sabha elections, or tion of selling their produce and there even the manifesto of the will be no taxonit, eitherbythe Centre Punjab Congress during the or state. So this will definitelygivethe Assemblyelections, theysaid theywill farmers more freedom and in the com- abolish the APMC Act. Theysaid that they ing days,fromthe point of view of agri- willensurethatpurchase outside APMC cultural production,productivity, earn- happens without anytax, that inter-state ings, increasing GDPofagriculture,this trade is promoted... Now, either the move will be helpfuland improvethe Illustration: Suvajit Dey Congress should saythat we areretracting livesofour farmers. from what we said in our manifesto,and that nowwehaveadifferent position... HARIKISHAN SHARMA: Youare saying We also mentionedthese aspects in our thenew laws areinfavour of farmers, Minister’s responsibility to ensurethat that happens outside the APMC. The the lawwas necessaryfor the MSP,then under the ConsumerAffairsMinistry. manifesto. but the farmers have many reforms that have been stuckfor years, farmer should getthe freedom to do that whydid younot makeit?… MSP wasnot Also, acertain number of farmers are When we mentioned revoking of apprehensions.Why wastherearush because of whichthe farmer wasbeing trade. If youlook at anyindustry, they apartofthe lawevenearlier and MSP is linked to sugarcane factories andtheycan Article 370inour manifesto,theysaid to pass the Bills in the middle of a exploited... If the reform is introduced have the freedom to decide the costof notpartofthe laweventoday. MSP is an give theirproduce only to that factory. So the countrywillburn. But the Prime pandemic? now, the farmers will benefit now. If it their product, who theywant to sell to... administrative decision of the that is aseparateissue. Ministerwent ahead and removed The proceedings of Lok Sabha and is done afterayear,the benefitswill Till now, the farmerdid nothavethis Government of India and procurement Yes, the priceofmaize has comedown Article 370legally. Similarly,when we RajyaSabha arebroadcastlive. In Lok come afterayear.Itisthe Prime freedom, to decide the price of their has been taking place as aresult of MSP. this year.Covid has had an impact on the said in ourmanifesto that we will bring Sabha, therewas afour-hour-long discus- Minister’s commitment that if anyde- crops, to selltoabuyer of their choice. The Modi government had startedde- business. Maize wasusedalottofeed reforms in agriculture, we did it. The Bills

sion on the Billsbeforetheywerepassed. cision has to be takenfor thegood of the This had also ledtocorruption. We have claringMSP by adding50per cent profit poultry, and thatindustryhas been hit. were passed as per process and these When the Bills came to RajyaSabha, dis- country, then it is the government’s re- allowedtrade outside APMC without to thecost... We declaredrabi MSP be- We areworkingconstantlytoavoid such laws will bring abig changeinthe livesof cussions were held sponsibility to take tax. This will allowfor inter-state trade, fore sowingofcrops an imbalance. farmers. forfour hours again the decision without private investment will reachvillages, and the kharif crop is and all parties ex- caring about votes. therewill be electronic platforms which due in afew days, PARTHA SARATHI HARIKISHAN SHARMA: Thepandemic ‘ If the lawwas necessary for ‘ Long, complicated Bills are pressed their views Earlier too, suchde- willprovide jobsand will also lead to whichwill be pro- BISWAS: Howwill has forced nearly one crorelabourers on it. When the dis- the MSP, then whydid you cisions have been transparency. cured on MSP.The referred to select, standing youensure that to return to their villageswhere cussion endedin takenand will con- We aresaying in the Bill thatatthe Prime Ministerhas the farmer is paid MGNREGAisthe onlysource of RajyaSabha,Iwas (Cong) not makeit?…MSP tinue to be takenin time of sowing itself, the agreement on said that the MSP committees. These Bills are within three days? employment. Manyfamilies have calledtogiveare- wasnot apart of the law the future too. Iam price will be done, and this will ensure will continue, so verysmall, their provisions Also, prices of completedtheir 100-dayquota and sponse. Within 10 confident that agri- that the farmer will be willing to take a whydoesanyone potatoes, onions, cannot getworkunder MGNREGAany minutes of that, even earlier and MSPisnot cultureand farmers chance with anycrop. Today, many needtoworry?And are clear.Therewas no need tomatoes are more. Areyou lookingatincreasing therewas chaos. ‘ both will benefit farmers want to do organic farming, but MSP has nothing to ‘ increasing. How the time period forMGNREGA What happenedin part of the laweventoday. from the legislation. theydon’t have amarket to sell their do withthese Bills. to send them to the panels will the Essential employment? the RajyaSabha is a produce. Through these Bills, the people The Billsdeal with Commodities When the pandemic struck, employ- taint on democracy. LIZ MATHEW: in the marketwillreachthe villages. If tradeoutsidethe (Amendment) Bill, ment opportunities were hit in villages. A But it is ab- Duringdiscussions therewereobjectionstospecific provi- mandi premises. 2020, ensurethat largenumber of migrant workers also re- solutely wrong to saythat we were in on the farm Bills, it wasnot justthe sions, or if someone’s rightswerebeing The Opposition does nothaveany suchinflation does nothappen and turnedtotheir villages. Under MGNREGA, some kind of rush to gettheseBills Opposition but even parties that are snatched, then the select committee specific criticism and that is whytheyare thereare no limits on stocks in the aRs61,000crore budget wasprovided, passedorthatwegot it passedthrough considered friendlytothe BJP,likethe would have discussedthe issues. But raising the MSP issue. Theyare saying future? but giventhe situation,anadditional the forceofour numbers in the House. If BJD, who suggested that the Bills be therewerenosuchissues and that is thatthe APMCswill go.How can that Thereisnodoubt about the fact that Rs 40,000crorewas offered. In the entire youlookatthe details of the discussions, sent to the select committee. The whywesaid that the Billsneednot be happen? The APMCs have been created APMC is astate subject... But it is the year now, Rs 1,01,500crore will be spent no Opposition leader has raisedany spe- Akali Dal said that thereisanissue of sent to the select committee... Nowif through stateActs. It is up to state gov- Centre’s responsibilitytoensurethat on MGNREGA.Secondly, the Garib Kalyan cificobjection. Their speeches were only perception and it must be tackled. your criticism is notvalid, youcannot ernmentstomakelawsfor APMCs... So thereisone kind of market forthe entire Rojgar Abhiyaan wasalsolaunchedtoen- political and were meant to mislead the Whydid younot consider their climb on to thedesk of the Deputy all Iwanttotellfarmers is that theymust country. surejobs and Rs 50,000 crorewas pro- country. Theyare going againstwhat suggestions? Chairman. If the Congress considers this guardagainst misinformation, and they Secondly, we mustnot underestimate vided forit. theymentionedintheir ownmanifesto. It is true that manypeoplesuggested an accomplishment,theywill have to can call or writetomeiftheywant any the farmer.When buyersapproachthe As farasincreasing employment days The Oppositionisnot listening to agri- that the Bills be sent to the select commit- suffer the consequences of their action. clarificationand Iwill give them apres- farmer,theywillvet the buyer.Theywill is concerned, no statehas written to me culturescholarseither...Iwant to clar- tee. Ordinarily, Bills that areverylongand entation and assurethem. decideonaprice, theywillchoosethe about it yetand states have the right to in- ify that the government wasinnorush complicated arethe ones that aresent to HARISH DAMODARAN:You aresaying trader.Itisnot likefarmers will sell their crease the days andbear the costfor it. to pass these Bills. select committees. These (farm) Billsare that MSP will notbeaffected.Why HARIKISHAN SHARMA:The Centre produce to everyone. Theywill weigh When anatural calamity strikes or under Second, if anyreformhas to be intro- very small and their provisions arevery didn’t youmention this specificallyin decides the Fair and Remunerative their options and take acall. If the Acthas special circumstances, the Central govern- duced, then the government mustdoso clear.Therewas no need to send them to the law? Price (FRP) forsugarcane and MSP for aprovisionstating that the farmer will ment takesdecisions to provide foranex- with courage. The countryhas voted for the select committee. Through you, Iwanttotell the peo- maize. In Bihar, where the APMCs have to be paid in three days,then the pay- tra50days of work,but we don’t have PM Modi to ensuredevelopment. The onlything that we arechanging pleofthe Opposition that all of youhave have been abolished 14 years ago, ment has to be made in three days.Ifthere suchaproposal now. If it comes to us, we Because of that mandate, it is the Prime is thattherewill be no taxonthe trade been in government formanyyears, if corporate buyerspurchaseboth is asituation (wherepayment is not will deliberateoverit.

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THE NAVIGATOR Sudheendra Kulkarni As foreign minister, Jaswant Singh reshapedIndia’s diplomacy at the turnofthe millennium ASOLDIER, Ascholar,aloverand author of right nowatthe LACinLadakh. In his book A Independence,whichbecame abestseller books, astalwartofthe BJP who believedin Call to Honour,hesquarelyblamesJawaharlal upon itspublication in 2009. an inclusive andkinder India, atrustedcol- Nehru’s leadershipfor India’s debacle in the Thebookwashighlycriticalofthefounder ASWANT SINGH, WHO diedafter alongillness on Sunday, is one of the fewIndian league of both Atal BihariVajpayeeand LK war. “Leaders at the very top, military, diplo- of Pakistan,tracinghis“epicjourney”frombe- political leadersin recentmemorytoleave astrongimprinton theUnionministries Advani, and apoliticianwho would beacom- matic and political, failedIndia, criminallyand ingtheambassadorof Hindu-Muslimunityto they had the opportunity to run. In the twonational governmentsledby Atal Bihari plete misfit in the BJP of NarendraModiand unforgivably.”But as aministerinVajpayee’s acynical advocate of the Two-Nationtheory. JVajpayeeduring 1998-2004,Singh served as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Amit Shah, is no more. government,headvocated cooperation with However, it also countered alie that stillsur- Commission,minister of external affairs, defence and finance.But it wasinthe diplo- Jaswant Singh, who passedawayyester- China, along withcautioustalksonsolving the vivesinIndia—thatJinnahwasthesolevillain dayat82, wasaleading intellectual of the BJP boundarydispute. of partition. “...Jinnah did notwin Pakistan,” matic domain that his legacywillmostendure.Delhiconfrontedahostile internationalmo- from thetime of itsfoundingin1980tillthe He played amorecentral role in formulat- Singhwrote,“astheCongressleaders—Nehru ment and deteriorating regional dynamic with Pakistanand China afteritconductedaseri- beginning of itsdecadal decline in 2004.He ing the government’spolicy on Pakistan. andPatel—finallyconcededPakistantoJinnah, es of nuclear testsand declared itself an atomic powerinMay 1998.Itfound itsman of the wasapillar of strength forthe Vajpayee-led However, this road wasstrewnwithmore withtheBritishactingasanever-helpfulmid- moment in Jaswant Singh, who helpedIndia navigatethe crisis with aplomb and come out NDAgovernmentfrom1998to2004, in which thorns.Vajpayee’s Bus YatratoLahorein1999 wife". Singh wasbynomeans the firstone to of it with an enhancedinternational standing. His extendeddialogue with the US Deputy he servedinthe defence, financeand exter- wasfollowedbyPakistan’s betrayal in Kargil. statethis unpalatable truth. RamManohar SecretaryofState,StrobeTalbott, during 1998-2000notonlyhelpedblunt muchofthe inte- nal affairs ministries. He wasasenior figurein Notoneto remainjubilantoverIndia’svictory, Lohia’s classic Guilty Men of India’s Partition rnationalreactiontoIndia’s nuclear defiancebutalsopavedthewayforresolvingthecostly the second tier of the party’s leadership, along Singh, along with Advani, wantedVajpayeeto (1960)uncoverstheculpabilityof theCongress, with Pramod Mahajan,Sushma Swaraj and continuethepeaceprocess.Theresultwasthe andisevenmoredevastatinginitscriticismof conflict between India and the global nuclear order that persistedsince the early 1970s. Arun Jaitley. Allfourhavedeparted from this Agra Summit with Pervez MusharrafinJuly Hindu communalforces. Singh had to paya Even moreimportantly, Singh’satomicdiplomacy laid the basisfor ending the decades world. The onlyother person, Modi, who be- 2001.Singhtriedhisutmost to save itfromfail- heavy price for writingthis book.Hewas ex- of political estrangement between Delhi and Washington and buildingaproductive India- longed to that category, and wasindeedjun- ure,butfailed.Betweenthesetwoeventscame pelled from the BJP.The book wasbannedin USstrategicpartnership.Hishandlingof thepostnuclearcrisesalsohelpedIndiaexploreso- ior to them in thepartyhierarchy, became anepisodethatlandedhiminabigcontroversy Gujarat, whereModiwas chief minister.Even lutions to thelong-standing territorial conflictswith Pakistanand China. Put simply, Singh, India’s prime ministerin2014.Singhcouldnot —the hijacking of an Indian Airlinesplane by thoughhereturnedtothepartybriefly, yetan- along with Vajpayee’s nationalsecurity adviser, Brajesh Mishra,turnedthe nuclear crisisof witness his party’s meteoric rise in the Modi Pakistan-backedterroristsinDecember1999. otherhumiliationawaited him in 2014,when erabecause, even though he wasalive,he HewasheavilycriticisedforescortingMasood hewasdeniedatickettocontesttheLokSabha 1998 intoahugeopportunity forwriting anew scriptfor India’s foreign policy.Tobesure, spentthe final six years of hislifeinacoma. Azharandotherterrorists,whowere swapped polls. His self-respect thus shattered,hesuf- theattempts to reformandreorientIndia’sinternationalrelationsbeganunderRajivGandhi Had he been in good health, he would have to securethe releaseofhijackedpassengers. feredastrokeafter afallin2014, from which (1984-89)and gainedsomeurgencyunder PVNarasimha Rao(1991-96), but it wasthe been deeplydisillusionedwithModi’s poli- Singh, in his defence, later said,“Iwas notgo- he neverrecovered. Vajpayeeyearsthatsaw thelong-overdueoverhaulof Indiandiplomacy.Unlike withtheUS, tics of communal polarisation, his govern- ingonaholidayjaunt,166liveswere involved.” Whywas Singh admired within theBJP where Singh’s initiatives producedquickand visible transformation,his hopes fornegotiat- ment’s assaultsonIndia’s democratic institu- He risked another controversywhenhe earlier, and reviledlater? Aplausible answer ingearly bordersettlementswithPakistanandChinahave remainedunfulfilled.Buthiscon- tions,and theall-pervasive atmosphereof said in aTVinterview that Indiawas prepared lies in the fact that, under Vajpayee’s leader- jingoisticintolerance. Liketwo other former Whywas Singh admired to discusswith Pakistan conversion of theLoC ship, the BJP wasattempting sincerelyto viction thatIndia needs settledfrontiers with Pakistanand China remains as relevant today stalwarts of the BJP —Yashwant Sinhaand within the BJP earlier,and intothe "final border". ManyIndian—and broad-baseitself by becomingaliberalandsec- as whenhewas in charge of Indian diplomacy. It is also important to recall Singh’s successin Arun Shourie —hewould have been astrident reviled later? Aplausible Pakistani —politiciansprivately holdthisview, ular party.Hence, it welcomedand empow- breaking out of India’straditional zero-sum thinkingabout the Middle East. He insistedon critic of the Modi government. or avariantof it, such astransformingthe LoC ered persons likeSingheventhough theyhad bringing India’scontroversial relationship with Israel out of the political closet andsimulta- Lifewas unkind to him in itslastlap,justas answerlies in the factthat, intoa“soft border”. Sadly, public posturing in no RSSlinks. Singh frequentlyvoicedhis dis- neouslypursuedavigorousengagementwithkeyIslamicnationslikeSaudiArabiaandIran. it wastoVajpayeeand George Fernandes, under Va jpayee’sleadership, both countries has remainedinflexible. Sartaj sentingviews in party forums,for whichboth Beyond the determination to restructurethe foreign policy framework,Singh brought a Singh’s close friend and another pillar of the BJP wasattempting Aziz, Pakistan's former foreign minister, Vajpayeeand Advani respected him.After the newsensibility, rootedinanimmenseconfidenceinIndia’sinternationalpossibilities,tothe strength forNDA-I. Prolonged coma —that sincerely to broad-base itself whom Imet him in Islamabad twoyears ago, demolition of the BabriMosque in 1992, they liminalstate betweenlifeand non-life— saidto methatSingh andhe haddiscussedin- even encouragedhim to conduct areconcilia- nation’sdiplomatic conduct.His personalgrace and dignity helpedDelhi to shed the defen- pushedhim intonational oblivion. by becoming aliberal and novative solutions to the Kashmir dispute. torydialoguewithMuslimleadersandBJPcrit- sive pricklinessthat had come to markIndian foreignpolicy in the preceding decades.Asan Nevertheless, remembering some signposts secular party. Hence,it The BJP’sdefeatin the2004parliamentary ics. Singh later wrote abook on thissubject. impressive parliamentarianandgenuineliberalwithintheBJP, Singhstoodoutwithinthepo- from his lifehelps us better understand atur- welcomed and empowered elections, and itssecond consecutive debacle All this is unthinkable in the newBJP und- litical class of hisgeneration. Forreshaping Indian diplomacy at the turn of the millennium, bulent period in India’s recent political jour- persons likeSingh even in 2009, ledtoSingh’smarginalisation.Bythis erModiandShah,whoabhordemocracyboth he will be long remembered as one of India’smostconsequential foreignministers. ney. Theyalso makeusaware of theinherent time, Vajpayeehad quit active politics.Advani withinthepartyandinIndia’slargersocio-po- complexities of the issueshedealt with and though they had no RSS had been disempoweredbythe RSS afterhis liticallife.HadSinghrecoveredfromhiscoma, the controversies he courted. links. Singh frequently voiced 2005 visittoPakistan, wherehemade some he would have found the party he devotedly Major Jaswant Singh quit the Indian Army his dissenting viewsinparty perfectlyfactual remarks about Mohammed served for over four decadesunrecognisable. in 1966 and joinedthe BharatiyaJana Sangh forums, forwhichboth Ali Jinnah. Among the fewBJP leaders who THE RIGHT REDRESS (the previous avatar of the BJP). One of the rea- stood by Advani wasSingh. This wasnot sur- The writer wasanaidetoformerPrime sons forthis decision —the India-China war Va jpayee and Advani prising because he had, at this time, begun MinisterVajpayee andworked closelywith Statutorybacking to MSP makes no economic sense. Farmers in 1962 —has resurfacedinadifferent form respected him. writing his book Jinnah —India,Partition, Jaswant Singh would be better offwith income supportthat is crop-agnostic

HE ONGOINGFARMERS’protestsagainst theagriculturereform bills passed by Parliament have seemingly crystallisedintoasingle demand: Makethe minimumsupport price (MSP)alegalright. Themain concern articulated Tby protesters is over the government —inthe guiseofgivingfarmersthe UNDER ADARK CLOUD freedom to sell outside state-regulatedwholesale mandis —graduallydis- continuingits MSP-based procurement operations. TheNarendraModigovernment has deniedthis. Notonlydid it announce the MSPs forrabi crops on September 21 (as against In Monsoon Session, government violated norms to push through anti-farmer laws October 23 lastyear), butthe procurement of the current season’s paddy has also been kickedoff five days before the usual date. PM Modihas statedthat the “system of MSP will BinoyViswam remain” and “government procurement will continue”. However, these assurances have cut no ice so far. Farmer organisations want the MSP to become an entitlement, similar to THIS MONSOON SESSION of Parliament will Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, definitionof theterm “worker” to excludeand the right to subsidisedfoodgrains (under the National Food Security Act), work (under the foreverberemembered forthe draconian soundedthe death knellfor the Indian farmer disenfranchise platform workers, to the war MGNREGA) or free and compulsory education forchildren. pieces of legislation that turnedIndia’s farm- as these effectively open up the entireagricul- on unions, and the assault on job security via On the face of it, it is afair demand. Farmers have savedthe day. Theyproducedall the ersandworkersintoslavesofcapitalist greed. tural sector to large agri-businesses while thenormalisationof fixed-termcontracts, the grainthat wasgivenoutfreetoalleviatethe distress of peoplemostimpactedby the COVID- The propaganda machine of the BJP has been leavingfarmersinthe lurch.The institutional- government’santi-worker agenda is laidbare. 19-inducedlockdown. Agriculture wasalso the onlysector that grew even as theIndian in overdrive to whitewash the evil content of isation of contract farming is anoose around The deregulation of occupational safety, economycontracted23.9 per cent year-on-year during April-June. Farmers have everyrea- these laws.But it failedtoconvinceeventhe the neckoffarmers —86.2 per cent of whom health and working conditions is especially party’s closestallies. ownless than five acres of land. criticalinascenario wheremorethan40,000 son, then, to feel suspicious about the hurriedmanner in whichthe recent reform legisla- Initsenthusiasm to passthe bills, thegov- The government claims it is empowering deathsare estimatedtotakeplaceatwork- tion wasrammedthrough. But seeking redress by giving statutorybacking to the MSP makes ernment blatantlyviolated parliamentary these farmers to sell their produce freely, but sites everyyear in India. Forthe over 90 per no economic sense. Thereare establishedinstitutional mechanisms —the public distribu- normsandrulesof procedureinbothHouses. one mustask howfairand free thistrade will cent of the workforcethat operates in the in- tion system (PDS), gram panchayats and government schools —toensureright to food, min- The basic principle of avibrant democracy en- bewhenlarge agri-businessescometonego- formal sector,the linkingofsocial benefitsto imum workdays and education. But what can the government do if safflower, nigerseedor sures the vitality of the Opposition as theyrep- tiate. Theexperience of farmers, both locally the size of the establishment will leave out ragipricesfall belowtheMSP in hinterlandmarkets?Howmuchcan it buy and howwould resentadifferent viewfromthatofthe gov- and internationally, where corporatisation in millions. The“hireandfire”culture beingpro- ernment and act as asafeguardtorepresent the agriculturalsector has been enforced, is motedbythese pieces of legislation is adirect it dispose of these crops —unlikerice and wheat thatare at leastsold through the PDS? the often-suppressedvoices of thepeople. In disturbing. In Bihar,whichabolishedthe threat to the livesand livelihoods of workers. Once the MSP becomes a“right”, the government is duty-bound to enforce it. In this case, the Monsoon Session, especiallyinthe Rajya APMC system in 2006,small andmarginal Therights of workersthatthe Indianlabour successful enforcement would mean notjustdistorting, but supplanting the market. Sabha, the ruling party wasextracautious to farmers have been lefttothe mercy of traders movement has struggledfor since before The time has come to rethinkthe MSP. Farmers would be better offwithincomesup- bypass the Opposition, maybebecause of their and private players as government procure- Independence have been undone. portthatiscrop-agnostic. The idea of auniversal basic income (UBI), mootedinthe 2016- uncertainty regarding the often“managed” mentremainslow andprivate investment for Land,labourand capitalformthethreepil- 17 Economic Survey,isworth considering. Letall 12 crore-odd farm households receive majority.Some of their mosttrusted allies Theanti-farmer laws will the creation of newmarkets scant. The 2019 lars of production. The anti-farmer laws will aUBI of, say, Rs 24,000 annually, whichisfour times the amount already extendedun- chose to support the farmers and workers in- take away the farmers’ case by PepsiCo againstninepotatofarmers take away the farmers’ unquestionable con- stead of the government. in Ahmedabad claiming damagesofRs1crore trol over land as theirauthorityonthe pro- derPM-Kisan.The extramoneyrequired can be found by phasing out the MSP and all Rule 252 of the RajyaSabha Rulebook unquestionable control over serves as areminder of the fate of farmers in duce is nullifieddue to pre-existing contracts market-distorting input subsidies. AUBI to complementthe threereform laws will un- clearly states thatitisthe right of anymember land as their authorityonthe acorporatisedagricultural sector.InBrazil and with corporates. The labour codes entrench leash the transformative potential of Indian agriculture. to askfor avoteby“division”. Unfortunately, produce is nullified due to Mexico, corporatisationofagriculturehas left thepowerofprivate capital over labourand the rulesandtraditionsof democracyheld lit- pre-existing contracts with millionsof farmers strugglingto survivewhile ensurethat collective bargainingissystemat- tle value. The arrogance of the ruling party large corporations reap therewards of the ically undermined. But then, it is natural fora reachedits zenithasittwistedthe narrative corporates. Thelabour codes farmers’ labour. governmentthatholds privatisationand cor- Freeze Frame EPUnny and eight RajyaSabha MPs were suspended. entrenchthe powerof The three labour codes passedby poratisationasa“silverbullet” to alleconomic The Farmers’ Produce Trade and private capital over labour Parliament—industrial relations,socialsecu- problems to enactpolicies that benefit only Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, and ensure that collective rity and the occupational safety, healthand the richand powerful. 2020, The Farmers (Empowerment and working conditions codes —followasimilar Protection) Agreement on Prices Assurance bargaining is systematically ideology of favouring private capital over the The writer is secretary,National Council, CPI andFarm Services Act, 2020andTheEssential undermined. rightsofworkers. From the restriction of the and leader of theparty in Parliament

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IRAQ GETS UPPER HAND ZIA IN IRAN fortsbythe Islamic Conference Nations and IRAQI FORCES HAVE capturedAhwaz, the cap- PAKISTANPRESIDENT ZIA-UL-HAQ, who is the Palestinian leader,Yasser Arafat. Tehran ital city of Iran’s oilrichArabistanprovince on trying to mediateinthe Iran-Iraq wararrived said it could offeraid without strings and from the sixth dayofthe warbetween the two in Tehran. The Pakistanleaderwho is also thosewhodidsoout of humanitarianconsid- countries. The fall of Ahwaz means that Iraqi slatedto address the UN General Assemblyas eration. unitshavepenetrated64kmintoIran, and aspokespersonfromthe Muslimworld has theyhold the next major city north from the emergedasaprominent face in the politics of INDIAN EMBASSY FAILS embattledIranian oil centres at Abadan and this world. He will leave forBaghdadafter his NEARLYEVERY INDIAN fleeing the Persian Khoramhahr.This givesthem control of the Tehran sojourn. Gulf hadonelament,theofficialsof the Indian province that Iran’s largestArabicspeaking embassies in both Iran and Iraq were nowhere population. Iran has concededthat long strips NO MEDIATION in sight to help theIndians in distress, as are- of border territoryhavesufferedthree days of IRAN RULED OUTmediationin itssix-daywar sult of the warragingthe region. Visa formal- almostcontinuous shelling. Meanwhile with Iraq, whichitlookeduponasone of con- ities were difficult as mostIndians had lost Tehran radio has reportedthat Iranian troops flicting deals imposedonIran. Iran’s posture their passports in thebombing. In contrast, have destroyed the militaryairport of the reflected astiffening of positions came at a theiremployers have receivedgood words northern Iraqi city of city of Kirkuk. press conference in responseto mediation ef- from Indians.

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60 Fields of change 55 50 PRODUCERSUPPORTESTIMATES(PSES) 45 ASPERCENTOFGROSSFARMRECEIPTS Indianagriculture hasmoved on from Green 40 35 %ofgrossfarmreceipts Revolution,isnolonger centred in Punjaband 30 25 Haryana. Reform is about giving farmers choice 20 15 Records and Services Index(LRSI). In the 10 2020 rankings, the topthree states are 5 Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra. 0 Punjab and Haryana, the backbone of -5 India’s Green Revolution and vanguardof -10 India’s farmer interests,rank 16th and18th y s tan and and

ralia respectively.DILRMP is oftenabout digitis- Rica India Chile mbia Israel State Brazil China Korea Africa EU28 OCED Japan Russia Turke Iceland Mexico ing/modernising existing land records. But Ukraine Norway Canada Zeal Vietnam Aust Colo Indonesia as that 2009 reportmentioned, we need Costa Philippine Kazakhs Switzerl South United New Bibek Debroy surveys/re-surveys.The dashboardtellsus Source: OECD-ICRIER (2018): ReviewofAgricultural Policies in India thesehavebeen completedinonly11.5per cent of villages. Gujarat, West Bengal and ALOT HASbeen writtenonfarmers. How Tripurascorehigh on this(over 90 per manyfarmers arethereinIndia? Almost cent). Punjab’s trackrecordis0per cent. 111 million areregistered forthe Pradhan With agricultureinthe StateList, Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan). should everything be lefttothe states? If Thisisbased on self-declaration,with land recordsare in this condition,some penalties forfalsedeclaration. Registration farmers will conceivablybeexcludedfrom CRSasikumar requires the familytohold cultivable land, the farmer definition, because landrecords dulyregistered. If afamilymember is rela- have notbeenupdated.Wemay have one tively privileged (MP/MLA, pension ex- countryone tax, but rules on who can buy ceeding Rs 10,000,anincome-tax payer, or agricultural land vary across states. The farmer’s freedom to sell aprofessional), one can’t optfor the PM- Therefore, in urban suburbia, thereare Kisanbenefits. Therefore, 111million is a farmers who have bought agriculturalland lowerbound figure. Other thansome cat- and live in farmhouses. Until that land is egories being barredfromPM-Kisan ben- convertedtonon-agricultural use,theytoo On farm bills, government mustget itsact together, efits, notevery eligible farmer has neces- will be farmers. Should their voices also in- but Opposition is misguided sarilyregisteredfor PM-Kisan. fluence policy decisions?However, such Everyfiveyears, we have an Agriculture numbers areinsignificant. In deciding Census. The lastone wasin2015-16. That whom to hear,there must be some sense of and, at the same time, reducingthe pricepaid The Congress is leadingthe charge.But its gave us 146millionholdings, an increase whichfarmers aremoreimportant.With by consumers. It will also encourageprivate manifesto forthe 2019 general election said, from 138million in 2010-11, aresult of fur- diverse and heterogenous agriculture, all investmentin storage, thus reducingwastage “Congress will repeal the Agricultural Produce ther fragmentation. If the agricultural land- farmerswillnot have identical views. and help contain seasonal price volatility.Itis MarketCommittee Actand maketrade in agri- holding is conditional on beingafarmer, The 2015-16AgriculturalCensustells because of these potential benefitsthat Ihad cultural produce —including exports and in- apartfromapossible further increase since us that mostoperational holdings areinUP, comparedthese pieces of legislation to thede- ter-statetrade —freefromall restrictions”. And 2015-16, 146millionispossiblythe upper Bihar,Maharashtraand MP,inthat order. licensingofindustryin1991(‘A 1991 moment further:“We will establish farmers’ markets bound. Everydefinitionof“farmer” is not The highestoperated areas arein foragriculture’, IE, May18).Ihad also sug- with adequateinfrastructureand supportin contingent on the ownership of land. The Rajasthan, Maharashtra, UP and MP,inthat gested that forthese legal changes to deliver large villages andsmalltowns to enable the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ order.86.1per cent of holdings aresmall results, we needtocreateFarmer Producer farmer to bring his/her produceand freely Rights Actof2001isanexample wheresta- and marginal (less than 2hectares) and FROM PLATETOPLOUGH Organisations(FPOs)andinvest in marketing marketthe same” (points11and 12 of the tus as afarmer depends on cultivating land only0.6 per cent arelarge (morethan10 infrastructure. In that context, it is good to see manifesto under the section on ‘Agriculture’). (or supervising cultivation), notowning it. hectares). Thereisincreasing FCI procure- by Ashok Gulati that Prime Minister NarendraModihas initi- Ifail to understand howthis is different from Thatissuewas also flaggedbythe National ment of rice from Telangana, Andhra ated programmes forthe creationof10,000 what the three bills areabout? Idon’t have any Commission on Farmers, suchasinthe Pradesh, Chhattisgarhand Odisha, and of The passing of the farm bills in both the FPOs and an AgricultureInfrastructureFund politicalaffiliation, but all my professional life DraftNationalPolicyfor Farmers (2006), wheat from MP,UPand Rajasthan. E-NAM Houses of Parliament has sparked amajor (AIF) of Rs one lakh croretohandle post-har- has been spent in analysing agri-policies; I where“farmers” includedagricultural (National AgriculturalMarket)has more controversy in the country. The government vest produce, anchored largely with FPOs. have foundhow farmers in Indiahavebeen labourers, sharecroppers, tenantsand so coverage from MP,UP, Rajasthan, claims that it is ahistoric step takeninthe in- NABARD has been entrusted to implement implicitlytaxed through restrictive tradeand on. When talking and generalising about Maharashtraand Gujarat than from Punjab terest of farmers, giving them the freedom to this along with other agencies and stategov- marketingpolicies.Thisis somuchincontrast farmers, it is necessarytospecify whichset or Haryana. Thereisachamber of com- sell their produce anywhereinthe country ernments. withChina andother OECD countriesthat one has in mind. Forinstance, ahikeinagri- merce and industryknown as PHD, active and to anyone theywant. Butthe opposition Imustcaution that sometimesgood heavilysubsidisetheir agriculture(seegraph). cultural wagesisgood foragricultural primarily in NorthIndia. (Disclosure: I parties described the passing of the bills as a ideas/laws failbecauseof badimplementation. So, the freedom to sell is thebeginning to- labour.But it squeezes alandholder. worked therefor awhile.)When initially “blackday”because thesepieces of legislation Justtociteanexample, late Arun Jaitleyhad wardscorrecting this massive distortion and If land is aprerequisitefor defining established, the acronym PHD stood for could destroy the existing system of mini- announcedascheme calledTOP (tomatoes, that’s whyIwelcome this move. someone as afarmer, surelyone should ask Punjab-Haryana-Delhi. As it diversified, it mum supportprice (MSP)and the APMCmar- onions andpotatoes) to stabilise theprices of But the Opposition has nowchangedthe questions about the quality of land records shedthat antecedent and became progress, kets,leaving farmers at the mercy of big cor- these farm products through processing and goal post. It is asking MSP to be made legal, in various states. The Committee on State harmonyand development, but manypeo- porations. storage. He also allocated Rs 500crore forit. implying thatall private players buying be- Agrarian Relationsand the UnfinishedTask ple still think of it as Punjab-Haryana-Delhi. Wheredoes the truth lie? Letusdig alit- The scheme wasentrusted to theMinistryof lowthisprice could be jailed. Thatwill spell in Land Reforms (2009) wasdevastatingin Ithink this is agood metaphor forthe way tle deeper intothe economics and politics of FoodProcessingforimplementation.Buteven disasterinthe markets, and private players itscritique.“TheCommittee also takesa we look at Indian agriculture. it. afterthree years of the scheme, noteven5per willshun buying. The governmentdoes not note of the fact thatthe Survey and The face of Indian agriculturehas The bills —The Farmers’ Produce Trade cent of themoneypromised has been spent. have the wherewithal to buy allthe 23 com- Settlement Operations in the Permanently changed and is no longer what it wasinthe and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) No wonder,the governmentisbacktoexport modities forwhich MSP is announced. Even SettledAreas have notbeentaken up and GreenRevolutiondays, centredonPunjab, Bill, 2020 (FPTC); The Farmers bans of onions, fearingaspike in onionprices. TheOpposition has now forwheat and paddy,itcannotassureMSP wheretheyhavebeen takenup, forinstance Haryana and western UP.Withrealistic in- (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement This is contrarytothe signal thatthe govern- changed the goal post. It is throughout India. Thereality, as the 70th in Bihar,theytend to neverconclude…The put costs,that form of agricultureisno on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, mentwantstogivethroughthefarmbillsthat asking MSPtobemade legal, round of NSSO on KeyIndicators of Situal lastextensive survey and settlement in longer viableinthoseGreen Revolution 2020 (FAPAFS); and The Essential farmers have freedom to sell. Agricultural HouseholdsinIndia shows,is India wasconducted twotothree decades tracts. Farmers, and governments, in Bihar Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (ECA) It seems the government hasone foot on implying that all private that onlysix per cent of farmers gain from prior to Independence. Post-Independence, and Kerala, don’t want APMCs, nordoUP, —havetobeseenintotality.Essentially,the theaccelerator to liberalise agri markets, and player buying belowthis MSPs. Roughlythe same percentageofvalue some states have notundertakenrevisional MP,Gujarat and Karnataka. Thereisnoev- FPTCbreaksthe monopolistic powers of the the other foot is on the brake(banononion price could be jailed. That of agri-produce is sold at MSPs. The rest of the survey and settlement so far.” idence that this has made those farmers APMCmarkets, while FAPAFS allowscontract exports). All this dentsits credibility.Iamsay- farming community (94per cent)facesim- Twoorthree decades prior to worse off. Iknewthe late Sharad Anantrao farming, and ECAremoves stocking limitson ing this to emphasise that NABARD has alot will spell disaster in the perfect markets. It is time to “get agri-mar- Independence means the 1920s, forsome Joshi well and he usedtosay it is amyth traders foralarge number of commodities, of heavy lifting to do, else theywillfailthe markets, and private players ketsright”. These farm bills aresteps in that states.Ofcourse,there have been improve- that India hasliberalisedsince 1991. with some caveatsstill in place. countrybynot realising the full potential of will shun buying. The direction. mentssince 2009 and the Department of Reforms areabout choice, competitionand The economic rationale of these pieces of these legal changes. NABARD mustget itsact government does not have Some statesfear losingrevenue from Land Resources has aDigitalIndia Land efficiency and those haven’t touchedagri- legislation is to provide greater choice and together,takeprofessional advice and work mandi fees and cess. The Centrecan promise Records Modernisation Programme (DIL- culture. Whyshould farmers, even those in freedom to farmers to sell their produce and with implementing agencies in the private the wherewithal to buyall them some compensation, forsay three-five RMP) and the dashboardshows what var- PH, nothavethe choice? to buyers to buy and store, therebycreating sector,including various foundations already the 23 commodities for years, subject to reforms in APMC markets. ious states have accomplishedunder DIL- competitioninagricultural marketing. This working with farmers.The payoff will bevery whichMSP is announced. Arhtias aresmart. Theycan take on newroles RMP.Using various indicatorsobtained The writer is chairman, Economic Advisory competition is expected to help build more high.Itwill makeIndian agricultureglobally Even forwheat and paddy, it of aggregation forthe private sector. through DILRMP,NCAER publishesaLand Council to thePM. Viewsare personal efficient value chains in agriculturebyreduc- competitive,and benefit farmers and con- ing marketing costs,enabling better pricedis- sumers alike. cannot assure MSP The writer is InfosysChair Professor for covery,improvingpricerealisationforfarmers But then whyistheresomuchopposition? throughout India. AgricultureatICRIER LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

The absence of Isher TILL 2023 THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Prepare IDEAS forthe shot’ (IE, September 25). Without avaccine we cannotbreathe ONLINE IsherJudgeAhluwaliawillbemissedasindependentacademicandinstitution-builder easy till mid-2023—theyear when we can startmeasuring the benefit of total ONLYINTHE EXPRESS pan-India vaccination, providedwe NKSingh work withefficiencyand focus. We ● THEMALICIOUS needtorid society of fear,without WHISTLEBLOWER: THE DEMISE OF Isher JudgeAhluwalia, Isher life. research organisations mustbeparamount. hancing academic understanding between whicharevival is difficult. MEENAKSHIARORAAND to her friends, has leftadeep void in many Looking at Isher’sindependent career as No research entitywould have credibility un- India and majorglobal economic players. SSPaul, Nadia PAYALCHAWLA lives, including mine. Ihad known Isher for aprofessional economist, therecouldbeno lessitisindependentofgovernmental inter- In no small measure, her support wascrit- decades. Her warmth, affection and appro- better description than theone shehas used ference. At that stage, ICRIER wasdepend- ical to the continuation of the Neemrana WELCOMING US ● INSOLVENCYCODE priateness on everyoccasion were,tosay the in her autobiographytitled Breaking Through. ent, in no small measure, on the financial Conference whereICRIER became aco- FLAWS: least, overwhelming. It would be fair to say In the chapter“TheBattleground”,she de- supportreceivedfromthe Ministryof partnerwith the National Bureauof THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Friends ARUSHKHANNA that the academic and research communi- scribes acritical phase in India’s economic Finance. She felt uncomfortable and em- Economic Research (NBER),and at the an- &neighbours’ (IE, September 24). The ties have lostabrillianteconomistand an in- reforms when Montek wasthe Finance barkedonthe challenging trajectoryofmak- nual conference of theStanfordUniversity unanticipated proactivenessfromofa stitution builder. Secretary: “He wasentering whatwouldbe- ing ICRIER financiallyindependent. She was Centrefor International Development. Her non-resident powerintheIndian Ocean www.indianexpress.com Ihaveknown herhusband Montek Singh come the mostexciting phase of his career, relentless in her pursuit, seeking endow- presencewas catalytic in securing an inter- is already challenging the status quoin Ahluwalia formuchlonger,having studied with the longesttenure as Finance Secretary. mentsand creating acorpus, whichdid en- action between keyUSand Indian academ- this significant channel of global trade with him at St Stephen’s Collegeand there- Ihad reasons to be satisfiedthat my work able ICRIER to become afullyindependent ics, policy-makers and leading corporates and communication. The US-Maldives afterashepursuedhis career with the World contributed to the changeinthinking. My and, in the truestsense of the term, au- on emerging globalchallenges. The seeds agreement on defence cooperation vitiation of the public conversation and Bank.Icameincloser contact with Isher af- challengenow wastoavoid becoming Mrs tonomous research organisation. of manyeconomic reforms were sowed should be seen as adevelopment aimed environment in the country. terMontek’s returntoIndiawhenhewas an Finance Secretary!” In these complexendeavours, she never during theseconferences.Her legacy in at ensuring stability and security in the RDSingh, Ambala importantJoint Secretaryduring the tenure Her independence of thinkingand con- allowedthe highestquality of research at other international institutionsasthe chair- largerIndian Ocean region. of the latePrimeMinisterRajiv Gandhi. tribution to institution building has been ICRIER to be compromised. Her eyefor the person of the boardofthe International Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata POLICE AND PROTEST Thereafter, my interactions with Isher summedupinthis sentence.While provid- best talent wasever-roving to secure aca- Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI) and spannedoverseveral facets of my career. ing perfect companionship to Montek and demicsand researchers who could con- the chairperson of the High-Powered LET THEM SPEAK This refertothe article,‘The criminali- During the critical years of India’s balance mentorshiptoher sons Pawanand Aman, tributetohigh-quality research.Itisnosur- ExpertCommittee on Urban Infrastructure sation of protest’ (IE, September 26). of paymentscrisis, she wasaninformal, but she nevercompromisedonher integrity and prise that ICRIER has been ratedamong the Services is invaluable. Thisrefer to thearticle, ‘You dare not The Delhi police’s farcical investigation very matureadvisor to what the Delhi cir- identity as an academic and serious re- leading independentthink-tank institutions, Isher willbesorelymissed.Inmultiple speak '( IE, September 25). It is sad that intothe Februaryriots wasforeshad- cles oftenpejoratively described as the Singh searcher. even by the daunting international stan- ways,she has liveduptoevery expectation the free voice of rawyouth is under at- owed by itstreating withkid gloves Darbar (this meant Manmohan Singh, It wasduring this period that both of us dards. Institution-building and their long- shehad of herselfofnot beingdescribed as tacks, with their role models (teachers) some of the BJP’s leaders making Montekand,perhaps, me). She neverin- were members of the Indian Council for term financial viability in this countryare Mrs Finance Secretary. Of herlegacy, it willbe alsobeing letdowninfront of them. provocative outbursts againstthe anti- truded, in anyway,with the decision-mak- Research on International Economic nevereasy.Isherrealisedthis challengefirst apttoquote the American philosopher This is the lastthingthat should hap- CCAprotesters. Nowwith the startof ing process,but her congenital reform in- Relations (ICRIER), which, at that time, wasin as ICRIER’sdirector and, subsequently, as the William James. who has said: “The great use pen to the futureleadersofthis coun- the investigation, instead of being even- stinctsgreatly contributed in enablingthe itsformative stage. The lateKBLallhad setup chairperson emeritus of the Boardof of lifeistospend it forsomething that will try. The moreyou suppress the youth, handed, theyare implicating with policy leadership to adoptthe changes which this institutionand had drawnsomepeople Governors forthe last15years. Givenher outlastit.” Ihavenodoubt that ICRIER will the greater the fortification of their ide- abandon academics, social activists and liberated India’s economy. Sheplayedthis whom he had mentored in the pastinclud- passion, Iremained amember of the Board fulfil this quest. alism. Let’s notcrushthe spirit of the intellectuals. informal advisoryrole withgreat equanim- ing Amar Nath Verma, Montek, Isher and until giving up this responsibilitytoaccept youth forvestedinterests.Let’s stop this Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur ity and rectitude. Rectitude wasalso aguid- myself. When Isher became the director of my current office. The writer is chairman, 15th Finance ing factor both in her personal and official ICRIER, she soon realisedthat autonomyof Isher wasalso agreat believerinen- Commission

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The violence lectiontoreplace liberal Justice Mapisa-Nqakula of misus- followedarelatively peaceful rallybythe right-wing Proud Boys group and counter protests by anti-fascistand BlackLives Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Trump again ing stateresources by let- Matter activists on Saturday. Videos publishedonline showedpolice pushing protesters and photographers to theground on Sept. 18 at age87. Barrett said ting the group from the and jabbing them with batons as officers drovethem out of an area near Portland’s federal courthouse. Reuters she would beajusticeinthemold stokes doubt on ruling party travel with her of the late staunchconservative to HarareinSeptember. Antonin Scalia.Her confirmation election process The presidency said would result in a6-3 conservative Mapisa-Nqakula wason majority on the court. RACE FOR an official trip. But her de- Fighting eruptsbetween Armenia, Trumpurged Republicans, MICHAELDSHEAR cisiontolet the delegation, who hold a53-47Senatemajor- THE WHITE &MICHAELCROWLEY who were travelling to ity,toconfirmBarrett,afederalap- HOUSE MIDDLETOWN,SEPTEMBER27 Zimbabwe on unrelated pealscourtjudge andafavoriteof business,join heronthe Azerbaijan over disputed region religiousconservatives,by theNov US PRESIDENTTrumpsought flight wasan“errorof 3election. He has said he expects again on Saturdaynighttocast judgement”. REUTERS the justices to have to resolve the doubtontheintegrityof thepres- 16 killed, over 100injured;Armenia claims it shotdownAzerbaijani helicopters election in whichhefaces idential election, telling support- Democratic challenger Joe Biden. ers theonlyway Democrats can said that 16 peoplewerekilled The Supreme Courthas only win in Pennsylvania is to “cheat EUROPE AVETDEMOURIAN and morethan 100wounded. It once in US history had to resolve on the ballots” and raisingthe Swissvoters YEREVAN,SEPTEMBER27 wasn’timmediatelyclear if the apresidential election, in 2000. Callsforrecusal prospect that adisputed election figureincludedbothsoldiers and Trumpalso has declined to com- could be decidedbyCongress. rejectcurbson FIGHTINGERUPTED anew civilians. Earlier,the Armenian mit to apeacefultransfer of DEMOCRATSARE urging Pressing his baseless case EUimmigration Sundaybetween Armenianand human rightsombudsman said powerifheloses the election. Barrett, who is likelytobe that the election in November Azerbaijani forces over the dis- awoman and child had been “AsIhavestated,thisnomina- confirmedbythe GOP-major- will be a“disaster”, Trumpsaid SWISS VOTERS have over- puted separatistregion of killedinthe shelling. tion will receive avoteonthe ity Senate, to recuse herself at arally justoutside ahangar at whelminglyrejected a Nagorno-Karabakh andatop Another Armenian Defense Senatefloor in the weeksahead,” from anypotential cases re- the Harrisburgairportthathe right-wing party’s attempt territorial officialsaid 16 people Ministryspokeswoman, saidSenateMajorityLeaderMitch lated to the Nov3election. would have “an advantage” if to scrap apact allowing the were killedand morethan 100 Shushan Stepanyan, said “the McConnell, who has made con- Theyargue that since Trump Congress were to decide. free movement of people wounded, while Azerbaijan’s Armenian side” shotdowntwo firmingTrump’sjudicialappoint- has publicallysaid he wanted “I don’t want to end up in the from the European Union, president said his militaryhas Azerbaijanitanksatthe contact lineofthe self-proclaimed helicopters and hit three tanks. mentsaparamountpriority. his nominee confirmed soon Supreme Court, and Idon’twant according to aprojection of sufferedlosses. Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. AP Azerbaijani PresidentIlham Barrett is expected to begin because the election results to go backtoCongress, even resultsbybroadcasterSRF Armenia also claimedthat Aliyevordered martiallaw be meetings withindividual sena- could go to court, this could thoughwehaveanadvantage if on Sunday. The Swiss twoAzerbaijani helicopters were imposedinsome regions of the tors on Tuesday. Trumpsaid the influence Barrett in anysuch we go backtoCongress. Does People’sParty (SVP)had shot down and three Azerbaijani Armenia since 1994 at the end of and the towns of Martakert and countryand called foracurfew SenateJudiciaryCommittee case. But while US lawre- everyone understand that?” calledareferendumonthe tankswerehit by artillery, but aseparatistwar.Itwas notim- Martuni. Armenian Defense in major cities. would begin confirmationhear- quires justices to recuse them- Trumptoldsupporters. Trump EUagreement—avotethat Azerbaijan’s defense ministryre- mediately clear what sparked Ministry spokesman Artsrun In atelevisedaddress to the ings on October12. selvesincase of aconflict of appeared to be referringtowhat wasseenasanimportant jected that claim. the fighting, the heaviestsince Hovhannisyan also said nation, Aliyev said that “thereare LikeTrump’s twoother ap- interest, it leavesittothe jus- is known as acontingentelec- testof attitudestowardsfor- Heavy fightingbroke out in clashes in Julykilled16people Azerbaijani shelling hit within losses among the Azerbaijani pointees,NeilGorsuchin2017and tice to determine what consti- tion, in whichthe House of eigners who makeupa the morninginthe region that from both sides. Armenian territorynear the forces and the civilian popula- BrettKavanaughin2018,Barrettis tutes conflict of interest. So, Representativeschooses the next quarterofthe population. lies within Azerbaijan but has Nagorno-Karabakh authori- town of Vardenis. tion as aresult of the Armenian youngenoughthatshecouldserve the final decision on the re- president if no candidatewins an The SVPhas pushedtotake been under the controlofethnic ties reportedthat shelling hit the Artur Sarkisian, deputy head bombardment,” but didn’t give fordecades, leaving alasting con- cusal will remain Barrett’s. absolutemajority of votes in the backcontrol of immigra- Armenian forces backedby region’s capitalofStepanakert of theNagorno-Karabakh army, further details. AP servative imprint. REUTERS Electoral College. NYT tion,echoingthearguments pro-Brexit politicians used intherun-upto Britain’sexit KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA PROVINCE Man featured from the EU. REUTERS Sudanislatestfocus of US efforts in ‘Caliphate’ USA Pak: Provincial govt to buyancestral to improveArab ties with Israel Californiatohouse housesofRaj Kapoor,Dilip Kumar podcastcharged transgender Israel to Sudan’sremovalfroma with faking inmatesbytheir RONENBERGMAN listofstatesthat sponsor terror- Commissioner of Peshawarto tional heritagein2014bythe &DECLANWALSH ism,alongstandingSudanesede- terroristactivity genderidentity PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA determinethe cost of both the then NawazSharif government. SEPTEMBER27 mand. The designationhinders GOVERNORGAVIN PESHAWAR,SEPTEMBER27 historic buildings, wherethe two Khan said the owners of the Sudan’s ability to receivedebtre- Newsom signedalaw on greatsofIndian cinemawere twobuildings made manyat- AMERICAN EFFORTS to persuade lief andinternationalfinancialaid, IANAUSTEN Saturdayrequiring THE PROVINCIAL government in born and raisedintheir early tempts in the pasttodemolish moreArabcountries to normalise andisamajorhurdleto foreignin- OTTAWA,SEPTEMBER27 California to house trans- Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa days before the partition, said Dr them forconstructingcommer- relations with Israel before the vestment in Sudan. gender inmates in prisons has decidedtopurchase the an- AbdusSamad Khan, the head of cial plazas in viewoftheir prime November election arefocused But recognitionofIsrael is a THE POLICE in Canadahavear- based on theirgender cestral houses of legendary department of archaeology. location but all suchmoves were on Sudan, where negotiations highlycontentiousissuethatoffi- rested aToronto-areaman who identity —but onlyifthe Bollywood actors RajKapoor and RajKapoor’s ancestral home, stoppedasthe archaeology de- have stalledover theamount of a Sudan Prime Minister cials and analysts warn could assertedhewas an ISIS execu- statedoesnot have “man- Dilip Kumar to conservethe his- known as Kapoor Haveli,issitu- partmentwanted to preserve financial incentive promisedto AbdallaHamdok destabilise the country’s fragile tioner,accusing him of perpe- agement or security con- toric buildings whichare in di- ated in the fabledQissa Khwani them keeping in viewtheir his- Sudaninexchangefor recognis- transitionalgovernment.Thispast trating ahoax that he wasin- cerns”. The California lapidated condition and facing Bazar.Itwas built between 1918 toric importance. ing Israel, officials said Saturday. week,Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al- volvedinterroristactivities. Department of Corrections demolition threat. and 1922 by the actor’sgrandfa- In 2018,the Pakistangovern- But the campaign’smostim- one couldbeSaudi Arabia, a Burhan, Sudan’s de factoleader, The RoyalCanadian Mounted and Rehabilitationhouses The Department of ther DewanBasheswarnath ment decidedtoconvert the portant target,Saudi Arabia, they breakthrough that would carry flew to theUAEforunofficialtalks Policesaid the man, Shehroze men and women in sepa- Archaeology in Khyber- Kapoor.Raj Kapoor and his un- Kapoor Haveli intoamuseum, said, wasunlikelytorecognise great weight in the Arab world. withUSandEmiratiofficialsabout Chaudhry,25,“claimedhetraveled rate facilities. Transgender Pakhtunkhwaprovincehas de- cle Trilok Kapoor were born in heeding to arequest by Rishi Israel this year. ButtwoIsraeliofficialssaidthat an economic assistance package to Syriain2016 to jointheterrorist inmates areoften housed cidedtoallocatesufficient the building. It has been declared Kapoorwho diedthis year in US President Donald Trump whileSaudiofficialswere involved forSudan’sstrickeneconomythat group ISIS and committed actsof basedon theirsex assigned funds forpurchasing the two national heritage by the provin- Mumbai. However, the an- has saidthat “at leastfiveorsix innegotiationsto securetherecog- officials saycould helptosell terrorism.”Theinterviews hegave at birth. Advocates saythis buildings,whichhavebeen de- cialgovernment. nouncement to this effect could countries” were poisedtofollow nition of Israel by the UAEand recognitionofIsrael. But on to media outlets, the nationalpo- is dangerous, particularly claredasthe national heritage Dilip Kumar’s ancestral notbematerialiseddespitea the United Arab Emiratesand Bahrain,theyhadnoplansto doso Saturday, Sudan PM Abdalla liceforcesaid,raised“publicsafety fortransgender women and lie in the heartofPeshawar house, whichismorethan 100 lapse of around twoyears. Bahraininnormalising relations themselvesinthe near future. Hamdok,reiteratedhisopposition concerns amongstCanadians.” housedinfacilities for city, an officialsaid. years old, is also located in the Thereare around 1,800his- with Israel,one of the biggest Officials believe the mostim- to US effortstolinkrecognition of Sgt. Lucie Lapointe, aspokes- men. AP An official letter has been same area. The house is in sham- toric structures in Peshawar foreign policy achievementsof mediate prospect is Sudan, and Israelto Sudan’sremovalfromthe woman forthe Mounted Police, sent to the Deputy bles and wasdeclared as na- whichare over 300yearsold. his administration. He saidthat the US has linked recognition of terrorism list. NYT said Chaudrywas theperson featured extensively in “Caliphate”,apodcast by The NewYork Times,under the name Abu Huzayfah. In the podcast, he LEADERS OF SLOWLY SINKING ISLAND NATIONS,PARCHED AFRICAN COUNTRIES SPEAK OUT AT UN described in harrowing detail his role in executions. The Times de- clinedtodiscussits sourcing. If virus doesn’tkill us, climate change will: Vulnerable nations seek action “The uncertainty about Abu Huzayfah’sstory is central to everyepisode of Caliphatethat MinisterFrank Bainimarama climateaccordistolimit therise be allowedtogenerateany com- haps no surprise that the stu- featuredhim,” Danielle Rhoades CARAANNA said, citing wildfiresinthe west- in global temperatures to 2de- placency about global progress,” dent-ledmovementFridays for Ha, a Times spokeswoman, said. JOHANNESBURG,SEPT27 ern US and noting that the greesCelsiusabove pre-industrial he said,referring to the sparkling Futurereturnedtothe streets She notedthat one episode con- Greenlandice chunk waslarger times,butscientistssaytheworld skies that followedlockdowns to this week forthe firstmajor firmedthat Abu Huzayfah had IN Ayear of cataclysm, some than anumber of island nations. isontracktosoarpastthat.Anew slowthe spread of thevirus demonstrations forclimateac- misledthe Times about the dates worldleaders at this week’s an- This wasmeant to be the year study found that if the world around the world. Pollution has tion in months. of his travel to Syria and the nual United Nations meeting are “wetook backour planet,” he warms another 0.9 degrees creptbackupasrestrictions ease. Island nations have seized on timeline of his radicalisation. taking the longview, warning: If said. Instead,the coronavirus has Celsius, the West Antarctic ice Worldpowerscannotshirk the unusual circumstances to “The episode tells listeners Covid-19doesn’t kill us,climate diverted resources and attention sheetwillreachapoint of irre- theirfinancial commitmentsto showoff what’s at stake. The what our journalists knewfor changewill. from what could have been the versible melting. It has enough fighting climatechangeduring Prime MinisterofTuvalu, Kausea sureand what wasstill un- With Siberia seeing its marquee issueatthis UN gath- watertoraise global sea levels by the pandemic, Remengesausaid, Natano, deliveredhis UN speech known,” she said. warmesttemperatureonrecord ering. Meanwhile, the UN global 5metres. even as economiesare battered. with avista of turquoise waters Chaudry’s description of his thisyearandenormouschunksof climate summit has been post- The Pacific island nation of Butfewpledgeshave emerged and swaying fronds behind him terroristactivities createdapo- icecapsinGreenlandandCanada ponedtolate2021. Kausea Natano, PM of Tuvalu, speaks in apre-recorded Palauhasn’t had asingle Covid- at the UN gathering, aside from that instantly firedthe imagina- litical storm in Canada, withthe slidingintothe sea, countries are That hasn’t stoppedcoun- messageatthe United Nations General Assembly. AP 19 infection, but President China’sannouncement that it tionsof viewers.“WhileCovid-19 opposition asking whyhewas- acutelyaware there’s no vaccine tries, from slowlysinking island TommyE.RemengesauJr. warns aimsto have carbondioxideemis- is our immediatecrisis, climate n’t arrested.Until theannounce- forglobal warming. nationstoparched African ones, it’s the rising seas that willbring sions peakbefore2030 and changeremains the single great- ment of the arrest,however, the “Weare already seeing aver- from speaking out. seatsatthe United Nations if the Island States and the Least the countrydown. achievecarbonneutralityby 2060. estthreattothelivelihoods,secu- police had said little about their sion of environmental “Inanother 75 years, many... worldcontinues on itspresent DevelopedCountries Group said. “Themomentarydropin(car- Amid concernsthat the rityand well-being of thePacific investigation, whichinvolved Armageddon,” Fiji’s Prime members maynolonger hold course,” the Alliance of Small Themaingoalof the2015 Paris bon)emissions this year cannot worldisdistracted,itwas per- and itspeoples,” the PM said. 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Just half of Americans willing With aresolution to thestandoffonthe LACstill elusive, the Indian Armyispreparing forextended to take vaccine: new survey deployment of troopsinthe regionthroughthe winter months.This leavesthe IAF withakey role in

NEARLYHALFthe respon- coronavirus vaccine, if it providing support to the troops. What arethe challengestomeetinthe harsh winter and tough terrain? dentsinanew survey in the were available now. PTI United States have saidthey Public confidence in the would definitely, or proba- coronavirus vaccines being bly, nottakeacoronavirus developedhas been lowbe- EXPERT vaccine if it were to become cause of the speedwith available today. Pew whichthe process is moving EXPLAINS Research Centre, whichcarriedout and apprehensions that it wasbeing the survey among over 10,000 US drivenmorebypolitical considera- AirVice Marshal (retd) adultsbetween September 8and 13, tions rather than by science. Almost said the proportion of people who 77%ofthe respondentsinthe Pew Manmohan Bahadur were willingtotakethe medicine survey said theybelieveditwas very, From The Indian Express panel had come down sharply from 72%in or somewhat, likelythatacoronavirus of specialists, exclusive insight May, when it had lastconducted a vaccine would be approved in the similar survey,to51% now. Only21% United States before itssafetyoref- said theywould definitelytakethe fectiveness wasfullyunderstood. Can the IAF supportthe logistics of such alarge force? INDIA ACTIVE CASES 956,402 One partofthe logistics forthe Armyre- quires land transportation, whichwould have been planned forbeforewinter sets in 1100,000 and the passes close.The IAF willbedoing very urgent missions, forwhich it is well pre- pared with averygood transportfleetcon- 1,017,754 sisting of C-17Globemasters, Il-76s, and manyAn-32s. If it comes to thecrunch, the C- 130Super Hercules can also be usedfor logis- 1000,000 tics support, althoughthese aremeant for 956,402 special operations. We alsohaveMi-17 helicopters and Cheetallight helicopters to cater to forward THEEXPERT LAST 10 DAYS posts.Inaddition, the Chinook heavy-lifthel- Air Vice Marshal (retired) Sept17Sept26 icopters will beusedfor carrying bulky stores, MANMOHANBAHADUR is an IAF 900,000 either within the fuselage, or slungunder it. veteranand currentlyAdditional Director General, Centrefor Air Note:The Sept26figure in this graph is based on thegovernment updateofSept27 What arethe topographical challenges of PowerStudies, New Delhi. flying intoLeh or other advancedlanding Commissionedinthe IAF in 1976, grounds (ALGs) in Eastern Ladakh? he commandedthe 114Helicopter INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES The biggest challengeisthe altitude of the Unit at Leh and Air Forceflying 5,992,532 32,919,487 twoairfields of Leh and Thoise, but since we bases in Jammu and Guwahati. He have been flying therefor decades, the air wasthe firstpilottolandonthe Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, crew arewell awareofthe peculiarities of Siachen Glacier in September 1978, Welfare,updatedat11pmonSept27 updatedat11pmonSept27 these fields. six years before Operation The landing grounds at high altitude have Meghdootwas launched. He has their ownchallenges, whichresult in reduc- been Head of Training at Defence tion of load-bearing capacity of the Services StaffCollege. He served as planes/choppers. Additionally, the air crew Assistant Chief of Air Staffin 3D printed nasal swabs have to call upon their skills to navigatethe charge of transportand helicopter hills and land on the small, matchbox-like operations and movedtoHQ effective in Covid testing helipads —there is just no place on these hills (Top) AC-17Globemasterofthe IndianAir Forceflies over the Ladakh region; Integrated Defence Staffbeforehis to makebiggerones! (above)aheliopterlands on amatchbox-likehelipad in the mountains. retirement in May2011. AMID Apotential short- totype. The large-scale ageofnasal swabs to col- clinicaltrialbegan in late What additional hazardswillwinter lect samples forcoron- March at three sites: bring? flying from place AtoB.The aircrafthas to fields is notaproblem. However, that has to to meetany threat from ground fire or shoul- avirus testing: TampaGeneral Health Bad weather that accompanies the west- land to complete amission. That is where be prioritisedvis-à-vis personnel, casualties, der-firedmissiles.Inthis,theaidsonboardthe researchershavecome (Florida), Northwell ern disturbances that strikenorthern Indiain temperatureand altitude plus weather be- and vital equipment suchasavionics. helicopters also playanimportant role. up with an alternative: Health (NY), and Thomas the winter months is achallenge, as it reduces come the final arbiters. 3D-printednasal swabs. JeffersonUniversity visibilityandresults inalow cloudbase.Sothe Navigationisnot aproblem, but take-offs What kind of logisticssupportinterms Arethereany special challenges for Aclinical trial has pro- PAPER Hospital (Philadelphia). crew have to be on the balltomakesurethey and landings aretricky. of fuel, repair,etc does the IAF require fighter aircraft? videdevidence that 3D- Other sites joinedlater. canfindaway to circumventbadweather.This As fornight flying, it has itsown unique forsuchanoperation? Fighters flying in those altitudeshavespe- printed alternative nasal CLIP Theonlyadversereac- is notalwayspossible, and we have longperi- challengesbecause of the shadows castby All the air fields have enough stockoffuel, cial challenges of their ownbecause of their swabs work as well, and tion wasafew instances ods when flying has to be curtailed. hills, as well as the stateand position of the oil, and lubricants(FOL) forwhichdetailed high speeds, reducedair density, the close- safely, as the standard NEWRESEARCH of slight nasal bleeding. moon relative to the hills and the aircraft. A planning is done aroundthe clock. Thereis ness of the hill tops, and the fact thattargets commercial nasal swabs. The costofmaterialsper And what effect does extreme cold have dark, moonless night poses itsown chal- awell-oiledlogistics chain that has been fine- areverysmall comprisingbunkers having The resultsare publishedinthe jour- 3D-printed nasal swab ranges from 26 on weight-carrying aircraft? lenges,and afullmoon has itsown. In the tunedbythe IAF in the lastsix-sevendecades limited numbers of troops. nal Clinical InfectiousDiseases. to 46 cents;commercial swabs cost The lowerthe temperature, the better the hills, air crew arespeciallycleared to carry of operation. The ArmyService Corps (ASC) Hitting those targetsrequires special Researchers designed, tested and about $1 each, the authorssaid. payload because the higher air density in- out operations at night. also plays an important partinground posi- weapons and air crew capability. Luckily, we produceda3D printednasal swab pro- Source: UniversityofSouthern Florida creases the lift-carrying capability of flying tioning of fuel in forwardposts.Itplaces avi- have experienced this during Kargil, and Iam machines. So the loads thatcan becarrieddur- Do the airfields in Ladakh restrict ation turbine fuel in barrels in advanced surethe lessons would have been passedon ing winter arehigher than during summer. operationstoonlycertain aircraftorcan fields, while Leh and Thoise have got fuel to the present band of fighter pilots. This is abig advantage. Forinstance, an allaircraftbeused? bowsers. Il-76, whichinsummer can carry hardlyany All air fields in the Ladakh area can be WheredoesRafale fitin? load from Leh, canfly outaround20tonnes usedbythe transport aircraftwehave, al- What is the threat to aircraftwhen the The Rafale comes withits unique flying in the winter.Itisthe same with helicopters, though weatherrequirementswillvaryfrom groundforces areeyeball to eyeball? characteristics andweaponsdeliverypay- whose load-carrying ability to extremely one aircrafttothe other.Itdepends on the The airfields of Leh and Thoise that sup- load, but one must remember thatpresent- high helipads at altitudes of 17,000to 20,000 navigationalaidsonboardthe aircraft,and port fixedwing operations (helicopters are daycombat is between systems, and notgen- feet increases substantiallyinwinter.And it the competence of the crew.That is whyair rotarywingaircraft) arerelatively in the in- erallybetween one aircraftand theother. reduces drasticallyinsummer. crews aredetaileddepending on the mission. teriors, hence notvulnerable to anyground The Rafale would have been dovetailed action. Theycan of course be attackedbythe intothe air campaign plan made by the IAF to Do the high altitude and topography In along haul, or in the eventuality of a Air Forceand otheraerial assets of theadver- operatewith other systems likeAirborne poseachallengetonavigation and kinetic war, the IAF will also have to sary, but thereare standard operatingproto- Warning And Control System (AWACS) and night flying? transportbackand forthmechanised cols in place to deal with suchthreats. electronic warfare(EW) assets.Inthe present The modern navigation equipmentavail- weapons etcfor repair,maintenance, However, inALGssuchasDaulatBegOldie day, an individual weapon system is onlyas able nowovercome mostofthe challenges. etc. Canour aircraftprofile catertoit? (DBO),wherechoppersflycloseto theLAC,the good as the overall warfighting architecture But mission accomplishment is notmerely Bringing backloads from the forwardair aircrew arewelladeptattakingtacticalaction that theforce designs. HowVajpayeetookonNehrugovtover1962Chineseaggression

will notbequiteproper to statethe possi- between Indian and Chinese soldiers. Raghuramaiah: As has been stated by bound to be exceedinglyserious. MANAMANSINGHCHHINA ble steps that might be takeninthe future. both the Prime Ministerand the Defence ... The question arises, therefore, what CHANDIGARH,SEPTEMBER27 Theydepend on so manyfactors. All we June 20 Ministeronanumber of occasions, we have should we do about it. As Ihaveventuredto could sayisthatevery effort is made,every FRESHCHINESEINCURSIONSON been following, Sir,the practice opento state, ourapproachisadual one,one is to IN THE days leading up to the full-blown thought is giventothis matter,and when- THENORTHERNBORDERS civilised countries and we hope thatthey go on strengtheningourselves and holding Chinese aggression of 1962, Parliament wit- ever an opportunity takesplace, it is hoped Vajpayee: Will the Prime Ministerbe will have effect. as faraspossible the Chinese and at the nessedmajor debates. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, that some possible steps might be taken. pleasedtostate whether therehavebeen same time to exploresuchavenues as we then ayoungfirebrand leader of the Jana Thatmay be asmall one, whatevereffect anyfresh Chineseincursions on the north- Aug22 can find to achieve apeaceful settlement to Sangh, and decades away from becoming that might have. ern bordersand whether astatement giving MOTIONREGARDINGBORDERSITUATION this difficult problem. the Prime Minister, intenselyquestionedof the details of these incursions will be laid Nehru: ... Thereislittle that is newthat Vajpayee: Sir,Imovethatatthe end of the government.InRajya Sabha, Vajpayee May3 on the table of the house? Ican place before theHouse... Therehave the motion the following be added, namely: took on then Prime MinisterJawaharlal FRESHCHINESEINCURSIONSON LakshmiMenon (MoS, External been certain chargesand counter-charges “… this House is of the opinionthatgovern- Nehru on severaloccasions. THEBORDER Affairs): Yessir.Subsequent to ourprotest of firing taking place. But apparentlyifthis ment’s China policy has been adismal fail- From RajyaSabha’sdebates archives, Vajpayee: If twoorthree Chinese per- note dated April 15,1962 regarding the took place, it took place at some longdis- ureinasmuch as fulleight years afterChina whichare available online, excerpts from sons can come, then what is theretoprevent Chinese postestablished at apoint 6miles tance and it hurtnobody.Atthe present mo- committed itsfirstblatantaggression on some selectedinstances when Vajpayee 200or300 coming into Indian territory? west of Sumdo, Chinese troopshaveset up ment the situation remains muchasitwas Indian soil by constructing the Aksai Chin askedverypointedquestions on the Chinese Nehru: Ipresume that if 200come — another postonIndian territoryapproxi- and Icannotsay if it has definitelyimproved, highway across our territory, the govern- aggression, and the manner in whichthe can be more—the fact of their coming be- matelyeight to tenmiles southeastofSpan- it has certainlynot grownany worse. ment has notmerelyfailedtoredeem government of the dayhad responded: comes muchmoreobvious,and theyare ggur.Thisnewpostset up onIndianterritory Atal Bihari VajpayeeasanOpposition Thereare some indications —Idonot Chineseoccupied territory, but has been un- met. Just one or twopersons, or three or four hasbeenfortuitouslyadmittedby theChinese leader in Parliament. Express Archive knowhow fartheyare likelytobecorrect able to checkmateChina’s continuing for- April 23, 1962 personscan easilycome this wayorthat in their note dated the11th May1962. —that ourpostatGalwan maybereached ays andencroachments, and morede- INDO-CHINESECORRESPONDENCE way. Thereisnocheckevery yard of the by acolumn that we had sent by road. plorablystill, continues to betray an utter ONBORDERISSUE frontier.Ifany forcecomes, as soon as it is June 25 laid on the table of the House. Meanwhile, theyhavebeensentsupplies confusion of mind and suicidal illusionsin Vajpayee: Is it notafact thatChina has known, it is checked. VIOLATIONOFAIRSPACEBYCHINESE Vajpayee: Sir it appears from the state- by airregularly andthereisnolackofsup- respect of Chinese objectivesand intentions virtuallyclosed the door fortalksand ne- Vajpayee: Sir,fromtimetotime Chinese ANDPAKISTANIAIRCRAFT ment that foreign places violatedour airp- pliestoany of our militaryposts. with the result that our attitudes very often gotiations as is evident from the… notesre- incursionsare taking place. MayIknow Vajpayee: Will the MinisterofDefence space at their will and that theydonot even In spiteofthe fact that the situationhas seem humiliatinglyincongruouswith the ceivedfromthe Chinese,and,ifso, maywe whether at anytime they have been en- be pleasedtostate whether some fresh in- hesitatetopenetrate ourairspaceuptoa notgrown worse, essentiallythe situation is situation, provide positive encouragement have some idea of thesteps that the gov- gagedinmilitaryactivitybyour personnel? cidentsofviolationofIndian airspace have distance of about 30 miles. MayIknowsir, abad one, is aserious one by themerefact to the aggressor in itsmisdoingsand under- ernment proposes to take in order to solve Nehru:Idonot think therehavebeen any takenplace recently…? apart from sendingprotestnotes, what that,according to us, alarge part of our ter- mine our prestigeand credit in the eyes of the problempeacefully? casesinrecentmonths, possiblymore,about KRaghuramaiah (MinisterofState for steps the government proposes to take to ritoryisunder the Chineseoccupation and worldopinion and particularly of ourneigh- Nehru: Iamafraid it is difficultand it ayearago,wheretherehas been anyconflict Defence): Statement showing violations is put an end to theseair violation? so long as that continuesthe situation is bouring countriesinAsia...”

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Modernisation of Artillery Pivotal to India’sSecurity Needs Adecisive factor in battles fought in tough terrain, astrong and modernised Artillery is the need of the hour,given the currentgeopolitical tensions with China and Pakistan HE IMPORTANCEofartillery in the In November 2018, after agap of IN NOVEMBER 2018, itzer is capable of firing eight rounds per Armed Forces of acountry needs 30 years,the Regiment of Artillery em- minutes and needs acrew of six to eight ar- Tno reiteration. It is very well known barked on a path of modernisation, both AFTER AGAP OF 30 tillerymen. According to the Indian MoD, through well-documented video in terms of equipment and support sys- YEARS,THE REGIMENT 81% of the Dhanush’scomponents are in- footages and archives what artillery man- tems under the ‘MakeinIndia’ initiative of digenously made,anumber that is ex- aged to achieveinthe last2world wars. the Government of India. TheIndian Ar- OF ARTILLERY pected to rise to 90% in subsequentpro- At thehome soil, it wasthose 100Bofors tillery finally inducted two guns. “The guns duction tranches. guns that “brokethe back of well-en- inducted were the K9Vajra and the M777. EMBARKED ON APATH At DefExpo 2020, the Ordnance Factory trenched Pakistani forcesonhigh moun- Both are of 155 mm, with theVajra being a OF MODERNISATION Board (OFB) handed over Sharang,the tain peaks” during the KargilWarin1999. tracked self-propelled gun and the M777, a first 130mm M-46 artillerygun upgraded Though the Indian Artillerytraces its ori- light weight howitzer gun, which can be to 155mm, to the IndianArmy.The contract, gins to the past two centuries,itisno carried underslung by ahelicopter.Both guns were bought fromSouth Koreaand worth Rs200 crore,was signedinOctober doubt thatitneeds constant modernisa- guns canfireuptoarange of30kms.The thebalance arebeingmanufacturedat 2018. With this upgrade,the gun’srange tion in today’sscenario to remain relevant quantity being inducted were 100 of the the company’splantnearPune. In January has now gone up from 27 km to over and effective for ourassaultingforces to Vajra and 145 of the M777.TheVajra is 52 2020, “The Indian Army had taken deliv- 36 km. It also has more explosive capability do lethal damagetoour enemies. calibre,while theM777is39.” eryofthe 51st K9 Vajra 155 mm/52cali- and hence more damage potential.Inall, As persources, “Other than the Bofors Underthe ‘MakeinIndia’programme, bre self-propelled tracked howitzer ahead “OFB will upgrade 300 130mm guns to inducted in 1984, it (the IndianArmy) pos- the Indian Army had placed an order for of schedule.” 155mm and the contract will be completed sessed the 130 mm guns inducted in the 145 ultra-light weight Howitzer guns with Seeing the successful run of Bofors,it in four years.” 1960’sand 70’s andthe 105mm, home de- BAESystems.Out of these 145 Howitzer wasalsodecidedtorun “trials for the 155 Overall, it can be said that after decades veloped and manufactured field guns of guns, 25 are to be imported in fly-away K9 Vajra T-Gun mm/ 45 calibre Dhanush artillery guns,the of languishingbehind in firepowerand ca- the 1980’s.The 130lackedthe ability to fire condition and the balance 120 are being Indian version of the Bofors,based on the pability,the Indian Artillery is finally wit- in mountains and the 105 lacked range. manufactured by MahindraDefence. By the of 18 guns.These artillery gunsare “meant Mahindra Defence forthe completion of transfer of technology fromthe original nessing aboom.Itisexpectedthatwith Both gunsfiredlimited type of shells with end of 2019, the Indian Army inducted the to providerapid response, 30-km range the $750-million deal. manufacturer, AB Bofors.” In April 2019, time,thisbattle-winning armofourArmed lesser level of fragmentation.”However, first lot of Indian-assembled 155mm,39 sustained firepower capabilityfor moun- Similarly,Vajra, avariant of the South “the IndianArmy had taken delivery of the Forces will come of age and will be able to the Bofors scandal wasthe basic reason calibre M777A2ultra-light howitzers tain warfare.” Under the ‘MakeinIndia’ini- Korean K9Thunder,isbeing manufactured first six of 114 indigenously designed and change thecourse of game on the battle- behind themodernisation of the artillery (ULH). This also coincided with its first tiative, the foreign originalequipment man- by L&T defence in collaboration with its developed Dhanush 155-millimetre/45-cal- fields, in case our neighbours attempt any beingrestricted. M777 regiment getting its full complement ufacturer,BAE Systems,has tiedupwith Koreanpartner –Hanwha Techwin. Ten ibre towed howitzers.” TheDhanush how- misadventure. Make in Indiaprogramme is furthering Artilleryupgrade THETOS-1A heavy focused on conversion of equipment to flamethrower sys- 155 mm calibre,enhancing surveillance tem is unique to capabilitiesand acquisition of long the world arms range vectors. market,being the India is emerging as anew hub for only deadly short- defence production.With India’sgrow- range fire support weapon in the ing security needs,the defence manu- world.Such equipment is not pro- facturing sectorprovidesagreat oppor- duced anywhere in the world except ffectiveness and firepower of the TOS-1A have been tunity for investment. Defence products Russia,and we are proud to show it Elong recognised all over the world. It is aunique R&D manufacturing —Indigenously De- to our partners.The system has re- product in terms of the technical solutions applied and Nidhi Goyal, Aerospace and signed, Developed andManufactured peatedly shown its impressive capa- combat effectiveness. DefenceRegulatoryAdvisor, India (IDDM)isthe newmethod of capital bilities to destroy well-protected ter- TheTOS-1Aheavy flamethrower system is in service NDIAN Armyistrooping towards procurement, introduced to encourage rorist groups in real combat not onlywith the RussianArmy, but alsowith thearmed modernisationtofulfilits opera- indigenous design, developmentand forces of several other countries.Unlike all existingmul- Itional requirements for the battle- manufacturing of defence equipment. conditions in the Middle East.Owing to its unrivalled performance,the tiple rocket launchers (MRL), only theBM-1launchvehi- field. It is focused on developing long Certain joint ventures have been TOS-1A has held steady in theTop5 cle of theTOS-1A system, having MBT-level armour anda term capability with MakeinIndia ini- launched, likeNexter of France with L&T weapons supplied by Rosoboronex- minimum firing range of 600 m(maximumrange of tiatives and by promoting indigenisa- for gunTrajan. Elbit of Israel has offered port to customers’ land forces,” said 6km),can perform the necessary combat missions on tion.This is highly likely to build aro- FIELD ARTILLERYRATIONALISATION PLANOF their gun ATHOS 2052 and had tied up Rosoboronexport’sDirector the forward edge of the battle area (FEBA) in avery short bust defence ecosysteminthe country. with Kalyanigroup/Bharat Forge.Be- General Alexander Mikheev. time frame,while remaining practically invulnerable.And Themodernisationofany army is an 2000 ENTAILED ACQUISITION OF 3,000-PLUS sides,AdvancedTowedArtillery Gun Sys- its high reliability has been proven more than once. ongoing process which involves struc- GUNSBY2025 AT ESTIMATED COST OF $8 BN tem is being developed by the DRDO in turaland hardware changes.The Indian partnership with Tata Power SED and Army is undergoing such atransforma- Bharat Forge. tion steadily. Some of the systems of Artillery are Leveraging technology is central to dia, in which OFBand DRDO arein- 3,000 plus guns by 2025 at an esti- Dhanush, 155mm/52 calibre towed the plans for forces’ modernisationand volved.Withthe DefenceProcurement mated cost of $8 billion, which included Howitzer,Self-propelledHowitzers K9 capability development. Besides mod- Procedure,indigenisationhas been towed gun systems,mounted gun sys- Vajra-T,Truck Mounted guns,155/52 ernisation throughprocurementof given due impetus. tems,self propelled howitzers,Light- CalibreSelf-propelled Howitzer,155 state-of-the-artweapon systems,the TheRegiment of Artillery is the sec- weight Howitzers for mountains. mm/52 Calibre Advance Towed Artillery Army is also working on augmentingits ond-largest arm of the IndianArmy and Artillery modernisation is atop pri- Gun System, Pinaka Multi Barrel inventory control throughindigenous with its guns,mortars,rocket launchers, ority for the Army and the force plans Rocket Launching System,Brahmos development of artillery and munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles,surveillance to order 300 more Dhanush guns; it has Cruise Missile. aimed at opening up multiple avenues systems,missilesand artilleryfire- already beeninducting155 mm/52 cal- Production of Artillery equipment re- for intakeofmodern equipment. power,itconstitutes almost one-sixth ibre trackedself-propelled k9 VAJRA-T quiresIndustrial Licences,whereas ac- Most of the equipment in the Army of its totalstrength. guns, being manufactured in India. quisition of technology does not require has been of foreign origin and design TheField Artillery Rationalisation New regiments arebeing equipped such licence. Besidesthe general need even though production to some extent Plan wasformulated during 2000 in with M-777 Ultra-LightHowitzersfor for the modernisation of Artillery Sys- hasbeen doneinIndia.Efforts have which 155 mm calibre wasmade the accurate artillery fire support in moun- tems,there is arequirement to develop been progressively made to design and standard gun system for the Artillery tainousterrain. indigenouscapability for design andde- manufacture equipment locally in In- and involved the acquisition of about Procurement ofArtillery equipment is velopment of systems/equipment.

INTERVIEW I Baba Kalyani, Chairman &ManagingDirector,Bharat Forge Limited We have come very far in ashort period of time

What is your take on the items including high-technology do yousee yourself in theAr- Strength Steel and Titanium that can government’sAtmaNirbhar weapon systems and abifurcated cap- tillery Gun segment? be air-lifted for rapid deployment in Bharatinitiative? ital procurement budget signify the Inspired by the Government’s hard terrains.InFebruary 2020, dur- As the Prime Minister very rightly confidence that this Government has ‘MakeinIndia’ initiative,the Kalyani ing the Defence Expo in Lucknow,we remarked in arecentaddress,the 1.3 reposed on the capabilities of the In- Group and its flagship company, also unveiled aGo-Anywhere-Gun Ul- billion Indians have collectively em- dian DefenceIndustry.This has beena Bharat ForgeLtd.,have invested con- tra-Light Howitzer mounted on aTruck barked upon One Mission –torealise long-standing demand of theIndustry siderable resources in building ad- which is highly adapted to suit the an AtmaNirbhar Bharat! It is aNa- and these are indeed path-breaking vanced defence manufacturing capa- hard Indian needs.Someadvanced tional Agenda to strengthen India’s and transformational measures to- bilities across Artillery Systems, versions of these Artillery systems are capabilities in strategic sectors with wards achieving self-reliance in this Armoured &Protected Vehicle Sys- under development, and would be un- the help of private sector companies,in strategic sector. tems,Air Defence Systems, Small Arms veiled in the next few months. addition to thepublic sector. When we look at these announce- andAerospacesub-systems.Leverag- ATAGS and other platforms have Defence Production is at the very ments against the backdrop of two ing the group’srich metallurgical ca- helped us gain the “Know-how and heart of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat mis- very important policy frameworks – pabilities, withinashort span of 7-8 Know-why of ArtilleryGun Systems” sion and clearly the highest priority for Draft Acquisition Policy 2020 and years,weatBharat Forge Ltd. have within the Kalyani Group umbrella the government today.Iam confident Draft DefenceProduction andExport been abletoindigenously developa and more importantly within India! that with the slew of bold reforms un- Promotion Policy –itgives us relief series of differentArtillery Gunplat- We have all the knowledge about the dertaken, we will see increased in- that the Ministry of Defence is making forms ranging from 105mm/37calibre metal, the metallurgy,the ballistics, vestments,value-creationand on- all efforts to synergise Procurement, to 155mm/52cal, 155mm/45cal and the pressure curves in the barrels, the ground capacities coming up in this Research&Development and Produc- 155mm/39cal Guns.Withthe structural force,the recoil pressure on sector. tion of militarysystems. help of DRDO,Bharat Forge Ltd.has the gunand the systemarchitecture. Going forward, if we are also able co-developedand manufacturedthe So we have both technology and tech- What is your view on the em- to speed up procurement cyclesand Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System nology understanding. That Ifeel is bargoonimport of 101 items shorten the trial-periods,Iam confi- (ATAGS), a155mm/52cal. which our biggest achievement. announcedbythe Raksha dent that we would be able to expe- is touted to be the most advanced To answer your question on where Mantri last month?Isthere any- ditiously realise our goal of mod- weapon system globally in its cate- we see ourselves –Ipersonallybe- thing more that thegovernment ernising the Indian Armed Forces. gory and has achieved aworld record lieve,India hasthe potentialtoexport should do to attract invest- of over 48 km firing range. modern Artillery Systems and this is ments in this sector? What have been your focus We havealso developedMountain an area of supremeinterestand focus Theembargo on imports of 101 areas at the Kalyani Group?How Artillery GunSystems(MARG) in High forusatthe Kalyani Group.

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The Indian Artillery Regiment Indigenous production gets priority boasts aglorious past While the future looks bright for India’s defencesector, what is OVING towards becoming a reanSamsung consortium. needed is support for local manufacturing for technology upgrade 200-year legacy in 2027,Indian On this 193rd Day of the Indian Artillery, M HE ENTIRE nation lauded the govern- Artillery boasts asplendid saga of when tensions are flared up on the Indo- aglorious past.The rawest form of modern China borders,the IndianArtillery Forces are Tment’sefforts when five Rafale fighter warfare,towed artillery guns and an Indian ready to guard our nation with grit.While the jets arrived at theAmbalaAir Force Base “Gunner”form agreat bond thathas deliv- two forces remain on “standoff”, both sides in July this year.India’sDefence sector and ered valiantly in the past, having partici- are gathering their artillery and combat vehi- the Indian Army, in particular,has in recent pated in both theWorld Wars andinall the cles at the disputedareas.Our battle-hard- years added more stealthtoits armourywith wars post Independence. Due to the long- ened gunnerswho havebeen involved in un- an array of newfighterjets,latest gunsand ri- festering border dispute on our western THE GUNNERS SHOWED ending strings of low-intensity clashes at the fles,modernmechanisedequipment andlat- front,the IndianArtillery is trained to perfec- western boundary,are capable of defending est software. However,the arrivalofthese tion, especially for conflict in mountainous EXEMPLARY SKILLS IN the country gloriously in the Ladakh region. jets (after three yearsofatreaty withDas- and unfriendly terrain. SUPPORTING THEIR Notwithstanding thefactthatthe Chinese, sault Aviation), reminded us that the coun- Estimated data that includes heavy withover$175billion as theirdefence bud- try’sDefence sector needs to be more ‘At- mortar systems with aminimum 120mm INFANTRYCOMRADES get,have modern firepower and the advan- manirbhar’ or self-reliant. calibre shows India at number 2inthe DURINGKARGIL WAR tage of having bases inTibet,itisgloballybe- EvenPrime Minister Narendra Modihas world, just behind Russia.With the motto lievedthat the Indian Artillery’sexperience called for ‘Atmanirbharta’ in defence manu- of “Sarvatra Izzat-o-Iqbal” —Everywhere in such conditions will be highly effective in facturing.Thegovernment has takenseveral IN AUGUST,THE GOVT in 2016-17 to Rs 10,745 crore in 2018-19,ac- with Honour andGlory —our Gunners shaping the outcome of aconfrontation measures so far under its ‘MakeinIndia’ cording to the statement. displayedexemplary skills in supporting mm GRAD BM-21 rockets,214mm Pinaka should it happen. mega plan proposed in 2014.Under the mis- ANNOUNCEDITS In recent years,the governmenthas an- their infantry comrades during the Kargil Rockets and 300 mm Smerch Rockets. With the renewed thrust that has recently sion,it wasenvisagedthatthe localindustry DRAFT DEFENCE nouncedseveral strategicmeasures to make attack, firing from the slippery slopes and Named after River Brahmaputra in India and been placed on AtmaNirbharBharat, with would receivegovernment supporttomeet India adefence manufacturing hub.This ac- deceiving enemy sight. the MoskvainRussia,the Missile Regiments an enforced negative list of 101items that the country’sdomesticneeds.The defence PRODUCTION &EXPORT cording to experts will meet two clear objec- Theregiment wasthe biggestloser post are equipped with the Super Sonic Cruise bans imports of almost all artillery pro- sectorhas made several strides in this regard tives: One,itmakes the countryself-reliant the Bofors scandal and went without any Missile “BrahMos” which has arangef grammes,there is strong hope that the since then. PROMOTIONPOLICY on several defencerequirements;second,the new induction or modernisation for decades. 290 km.Continuous and painstaking efforts process of in-house “MakeinIndia” mod- The increased focus countrywillbeabletoproduce equipment But afresh batch of modernisation pro- to indigenise the modernisation process of ernisation will be asuccess.Thishas to be Anumber of sops have been announced indigenously andexportthemtoother de- grammes augur wellfor the future.Today,the Artillery is starting to reflect in anew and supportedinreal terms through budgetary since the year 2014 to support local manu- In August itself,the government an- veloping and developed countries. Indian Armyboasts having Field, Medium, emerging era of“Made in India”155 mm (45 allocation and smooth approvalprocesses facturing and procurement of defence ma- nounced its draftDefence Production and Ex- These itemsinclude thePinaka Multi-Bar- Self-Propelled,Light and Medium Regiments calibre)Dhanush ,155 mm M777 Ultra-Light thatcan only be ensured by apolitical will. terials and equipment. In August this year, port Promotion Policy 2020. It will act as the rel Rocket Launch Systems,Akash Air De- ranging from 105mm,122mm, 130mm and Howitzers under FMS route from US,the 155 —NeeluKhatri,Managing Director Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced guiding document to provide astrategic and fence Systems,TejasFighter Aircraft, Heli- 155mm Bofors to 160mm Mortars.The mm (52 Calibre) Self Propelled Gun which is and Sanjiv Sood,ManagingPartner, aphase-wise banonimport of 101 significant pushtodefenceproduction capa- copters (Dhruv andRudra),ASW corvettes, Rocket Regimentsare equipped with 122 termed as the K9Vajra by L&T and South Ko- BluOrangeSynergies Pvt. Ltd. weapons systemsand military platforms,in- bilities in the country.Itisworth mentioning AdvancedOPVsPatrol boats, Interceptor cluding artillery guns, assault rifles and that on similar lines,the government had boats,Torpedoes, Sonars,Buoys,Radars,Ar- transport aircraft.The embargo on imports is brought outaDefenceProduction Policy in tillery guns,Anti-tank missiles and Mine Pro- “BAE Systemshas astrong historyofpart- planned to be progressively implemented 2018 as well. tectedVehicles. nershipwith Indiaand stands committedto between 2020 and 2024. According to aDefence Ministry state- What lies ahead? supporting thecountry’svisionofachieving Separately, around Rs 52,000 crore has ment,the policy aims to achieve aturnover of That said,there is still aneed to overhaul greater self-reliance in defence.The Com- been allocated for domestic capitalprocure- Rs 1,75,000 crore,including export of the entire internal manufacturing process pany is afounding partnerofdefence man- ment in the current financial year.The industry Rs 35,000 crore,inaerospace and defence with astronger focus on the public sector ufacturing in India, acommitmentwhich has welcomed the decision, stating that the goodsand services by 2025.Thecountry has and increased participation from the private can be seen throughout India’smodern-day announcement of the negativelist givesthe already witnessed astaggering 700% sector.The ongoingconfrontation with Armed Forces and across the country’sde- agenda of‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ further push. growth in defence exportsfromRs1521cr neighbours has only reiterated the point. fence industry,and wasafirst-mover among its peers to makeadirect investment in increasing indigenous contentthrough partnering, including recently in the UP de- fence corridor.Theseremain at the heart of BAESystems’ “Partnering India to Makein India”programme and strategy. Among its many achievements,BAE Sys- tems is proudofthe partnershipwith Mahindra which saw the design and build- ing of the first ever mine-protected vehicle by the private sector in India, as well as es- tablishment of the Assembly,Integration & Test (AIT) facility for the 145 M777 ULH pro- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (centre) at the BAE Systems’ stand 155mm 39 Cal Ultra Light Howitzer (ULH) gramme under the US-India agreement.” at DefExpo 2020. The Union Defence Minister was hosted by Weight: Steel Version: 6.8 Ton Nik Khanna, Managing Director India, Nik Khanna, Managing Director,India, BAE Systems (left) and Mark Titanium Version: 4.8 Ton BAE Systems Goldsack, Director,Defence andSecurity Organisation (right) Artillery has always lent the Indian Army an edge With the ability to strike deep with great accuracy, the Artillery has time and again proven its importanceinmodern-day warfare VERYYEAR on 28 September,Regi- statusquo by bringinginlong-pending devel- SELF-RELIANT ment of Artillery,the second-largest opments.The government’s emphasis on E ‘MakeinIndia’ initiative reflects its deep com- arm of the Indian Army,celebrates Gunners’ Day to commemorate theraising mitmenttomakeIndia self-reliant.Therecent of the first Indian Artillery Unit, namely, import embargo on 101 defence equipment 5(Bombay) Mountain Batteryonthisday in is atruemeasure of the government’scom- 1827. On this auspicious day,wreaths are mitment in this regard.Theidea is to trust local 155mm 39 Cal Mounted laid at Amar JawanJyoti to honour the sacri- defence manufacturing industries, forgepart- Gun System (4X4) ficesofour fallenheroes,anoccasionwhena nerships for knowledge transfer and try to be- largenumber of veteran officers are also pre- IN 2018,THE PRESENT come self-reliant in thenear future.Currently, INDIA sent in attendance. all the artillery guns either under trials,pro- Not many people are awarethattime GOVT BEGAN PROCESS curement or development fall under the‘Make and again, “artillery hasproventobethe OF RESTORING THE in India’ or‘Made in India’category. arm of decision,abattle-winning factor and Today,gun manufacturing is emerging as will continue to be the pivotal arm in all fu- ARTILLERY’S HEALTH an area of core competency in India,to meet ture battles.”Theimportanceofartillery can domestic as well as global demand.Defence be ascertained fromthe fact that throughout PSUs are all geared up to cater to such de- the history of warfare,“theability to project tillery has proved its mettle.” mands.This also indicatesahuge potential firepoweratadistance has alwaysbeen Thehealth of the IndianArtillery wasfinally for the MSMEs and start-ups to developa one of the most important assets any com- restored when, in 2018, the currentregime, manufacturing ecosystemaround these mander couldask for,and over theages, ar- under the leadership of PM Modi,changed the weapon systems. MAKING Nation’sPride: The Regiment of Artillery 105mm 37 Cal Garuda NDIAN ARMY’S indigenisation three Indo-Pak wars,Bangladesh V-2(Go Anywhere Gun) missionhas anew name – LiberationWar,Sino-Indian Warof IDhanush. Last year,the Indian 1962 and played apivotal role during Bharat Forge is committed on building an Atmanirbhar Bharat in defence sector. We have Army received its first batch of in- the Kargil conflict in 1999.ItsBofors digenouslybuiltDhanushartillery Guns played acrucial role in target- indigenously developed alarge portfolio of different types of artillery products and will continue guns. TheDhanush gun, whichhas ing Pakistani military positions during to manufacture defence products in India to match the Defence forces requirements. acalibre of 155x45mm, is the first the 1999 KargilWar. indigenous artillery gun of this cali- TheRegiment has also given us bre.Itisalso the first long-range ar- many warlegends and heroes, tillery gun to be produced in India, whose contributions to the nation having arange of 38 km. Consid- remain priceless. ered amedium artillery,the gun is equipped any foreign threat, thanks to the Army’s in- In recent times, just likeits other counter- with anavigation-based sighting system,on digenisationprogramme that started under partsacross theglobe,the Regiment is in a Artillery |Armoured Vehicles |Protected Vehicles |Missiles and Air Defence board ballistic computation and an advanced the aegisofthe government.Supportingthe phase of complete transformation.With the Ammunition |Defence Electronics |Aerospace |Helicopter |Small Arms day and night direct-firingsystem. Theself- Government of India’s‘Make in India’ initia- planned acquisition of aplethora of modern propulsion unit allows the gun to deploy itself tive,the Regiment continues to be an inspi- equipment and technologies likeK-9Vajra & #atmanirbharbharat in mountainous terrains with ease. ration forall. M-777Ultra Light Howitzers,and Weapon TheRegiment of Artillery,one of the With its rich culture and warhistory,the Locating Radars,itwill continue to be asolid KALYANI STRATEGIC SYSTEMS LIMITED, Kalyani Group, Mundhwa, Pune 411036. largestArms of the IndianArmy,isnow afully Regiment has proved to be the best in the supportfor theArmy in its mission of securing Tel.: +91 20 6704 2935 /2387 Email: [email protected] www.kalyanigroup.com www.bharatforge.com modernised forceand is equipped to counter world. It has proved its mettle during the India’sfrontiers.

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CASHWITHDRAWALSFROMATMsAT`2,34,119CRASOFJULY,SHOWSRBIDATA INTERVIEW: WORLDBANKLEAD ECONOMIST ON MIGRATION &REMITTANCES ‘Fall in remittanceswill addtofiscal Currencywithpublictouchesfreshhighof difficulty of states ... there’ll be direct &indirect impactontax revenues’ `26lakhcrore,butpaceofgrowthslows WHILE THE Covid-19pandemic harderoninternalmigrants.There andtheresultantglobaleconomic is also ahugeneedfor improving As per the RBI definition, cur- one go to meettheirmonthly slideisprojectedto impactremit- dataoninter-state mobilityand SANDEEPSINGH& CASHWITHPUBLICSTEADILYONTHERISE rency with public is arrivedataf- needs and that ledtoarise in cur- tance flows to developing migration within states in India. GEORGEMATHEW terdeducting cash with banks rency with the public. With sup- economies,resultinginhardships ■ CurrencywithPublic NEWDELHI/MUMBAI, `26,00,933 fromtotalcurrencyincirculation. plychain improvingand e-com- to poorhouseholds that have With respect to movement of SEPTEMBER27 `25,62,967 Currency in circulation refers to mercebecomingoperational,the beenreliantonremittances,India migrants, Kerala has close to `25,83,042 cashorcurrencywithinacountry reliance on cash has reducedand is expected to be badlyhit. DILIP twomillion migrant workers CURRENCYWITHpublichitanew `25,76,289 `24,74,031 `23,08,312 `21,79,500 that is physicallyusedtoconduct graduallycurrency withthe pub- RATHA,head of KNOMAD and in the West Asia region.While highof Rs26lakhcroreforthefirst `23,91,299 transactionsbetweenconsumers licwillcome down further,” said WorldBank lead economiston afew thousand have come time as resident Indians contin- and businesses. DK Pant, chief economistatIndia migration and remittances ex- backhome,doyou envisage uedtoincreasetheircashholding Economists saythatthe jump Ratings. Cash withdrawals from plains in ainterview to ANILSASI. morereturnees once the travel amidsttheongoingCovid-19 pan- and slowdown in the pace of in- ATMs, which declined to Rs Edited excerpts: “Thereisagreat restrictions areeased? demic, though the pace of in- creaseincurrencywiththepublic 1,27,660 croreinApril increased needfordataon Indeed, the economic situat- 0 ’19 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 crease has declinedoverthe last ’2 is in line withthe economyturn- to Rs2,34,119crore inJuly, accord- Giventhe pandemic and the migrationand ion in the GCC countries is highly 9, 8, 8, 0, 11, 31, 13, 20,

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g2 remittances Jul May Ap Ju Dec Mar Sept According to data releasedby Au the lockdown phase and then as Pant addedthattransactions yousee the impact of acrash in disaggregatedby ruption to economic activity due the Reserve Bank of India(RBI), in Onfortnightlybasis things graduallystarted to move onNPCI’sUnifiedPayments Inter- remittances on countries such state,andif to Covid-19, and also because of thefortnightendedSeptember11, towardsnormalcy,the cash with face have startedgoing up and as India? the declineinoil prices.With the the currency with public in- the public startedtogodown. peopleare already movingaway We have seenthat flows from possible,thereis economy slowing down, unem- creasedbyRs17,891crore to hita what it wasbeforedemonetisa- alongsidetheCovid-19pandemic Thereisanexpectation that cash from cash following the opening the Gulf CooperationCouncil alsoaneedfordata ploymentlevelsarerisingandwe newhighof Rs26lakhcrore.Since tion. Whilecurrency withpublic and in anticipation of lockdown withthepublicwillstartreducing up of e-commerce. (GCC) countries to neighboring onmigrationwithin expect moreIndian migrantsto the fortnight endedFebruary 28, stood at Rs 17.97lakhcrore as on announcement in March has goingforward.“Theunabatedrise Ontheotherhand,theRBIhas countries have been resilient in statesinIndia” return from the GCCregion back 2020,whenthecurrencyincircu- November 4, 2016,soon afterde- slowedoverthe lastcoupleof inCovidinfectionsacrossIndiahas pumpedaroundRs10lakh crore the months of June and July. It is to their homes in India, including lation wasRs22.55lakhcrore,it monetisation, it had declinedto months as the lockdownrestric- also prompted the publictokeep liquidityintothefinancialsystem likelythatwewill see similarre- DILIPRATHA to Kerala...This is aphenomenon has risen by Rs 3.45 lakh croreto Rs 7.8lakhcrore in January2017. tionseased ande-commerce has cash with them. Payments in order to bail out the economy silience in flows to India from the thatrequiresmoreattentionfrom hitRs26lakhcroreonSeptember Fundsroutedthroughthedig- become fullyoperational. throughdebit cards have also in- fromthevagariesof Covid-19.This GCC countries.But overall, given policymakers because returning 11,2020,asper theRBI data. ital payment system also in- Whilethecurrencywithpub- creased,” saidasenior banker. has pushedupthe retail inflation the high levelofunemployment and theyare likelytoexperience migrantsnot onlyneedtobesup- During demonetisation in creasedfromRs82.46 lakh crore licincreasedbyRs3.07lakh crore “Duringlockdown,sincepeo- to above6per centlevel,which is of migrant workers in major host disruptionstotheir financial life- portedinterms of quarantine on 2016,the government said thatit in April to Rs 111.18 lakhcrore till betweenFebruary28andJune19, ple were relyingonneighbour- higher thanthe RBI’s target of 4 countriesandweakerearningsof lines,affectingtheirabilityto con- arrival, but theywillneedtobe wanted to makeIndia a‘lesscash July31, 2020.Itis,however, impor- 2020, it rose by only Rs 37,966 hoodkiranastoresandwantedto per cent,forcing the central bank migrants,remittanceflows areex- sume, afford healthcare, and ed- supportedthrough social pro- economy’. The cashwith public tant to note that the sudden rush crorebetween June 19,2020 and avoid exposure to virus, they to keep the repo rate unchanged pected to decline significantly. ucation. We do nothave grammes likecash transfers and has risennearly 45 per centfrom forcashbythe public that started September 11,2020. withdrew big amounts of cash at in the previous policyreview. FlowsfromEuropeandtheUnited state-level dataonremittance jobsplacement initiatives. Statesarelikelytobeweakerthan flows anditisdifficult to be pre- thosefromGCCcountries.We are cise in the case of Punjab. What is the kind of drop BRIEFLY projecting afall of about 20 per In fact, other states like expectedatthe levelofstates Slow connection: Dearth of funds, workers moving centinremittance flows to India. Gujarat,Maharashtra,Karnataka, and howbadly would it Coppertube, Thatwouldcausealot of hard- and Tamil Nadu also have large impact statefinances,given back home bring BharetNet work to ahalt in 8states ships to poor households that numbers of migrantsabroad and that theGST revenues are pipeimports: have beenreliantonremittances. probably receive large amountsof already strained? agencyoverseeingtheimplemen- towns duetolackofjob, officials It is likelythat alarge number of remittances.Thereisagreatneed Thefallinremittanceswilladd Probeopened AASHISHARYAN tation of the project elsewhere. ED Nofunds said.TheBharatNet project,which householdswill fall into poverty. fordataonmigration and remit- to thefiscaldifficultyof thestatein NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 Earlier this year in July, these fromDoT, initiallybegan as theNational tancesdisaggregatedby state,and thesensethathouseholdswillei- NewDelhi: India is investi- states had writtentothe Depart- PLAIN E Optical FibreNetwork in October Howbad would this be in if possible, thereisalso aneedfor ther nothavethe additional in- ● USOF gating imports of copper THE LACK of workers coupled ment of Telecommunications EX 2011,hasbeendelayedforover92 terms of the impact to states dataonmigrationwithinstatesin comethroughremittancesorwill tubes and pipesfrom with ashortageoffunds has hit (DoT)and the Universal Service months now. such as Kerala or Punjab? India. The poverty-reduction im- receive loweramounts.Therefore, Malaysia, Vietnam and thebrakesontheBharatNet work ObligationFund(USOF)askingfor HAVINGOPTED to carry ForBharatNet phaseone, Since Kerala and Punjabare pact of migration is muchgreater therewillbebothdirectandindi- Thailand, to determine in as manyaseightstates, includ- morefunds to startworkonthe out the work on BBNL —aspecial purpose vehicle twoofthe largestremittance re- in the case of internal migration, rectimpactontaxrevenuesof the whether producers in these ing Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, second phase of BharatNet.And- BharatNet themselvesin- of the DoT—was the nodal cipientsamong Indian states, a andthereforedisruptionsto inter- state as consumption willbecur- countrieswere receivingun- Telangana, Odisha and Tamil hraPradesh,forexample,hadde- stead of outsourcingitto agency. It wasincorporated in large number of households in nal migration,inthat sense, is go- tailedasaresult of lowerhouse- fair subsidies, the govern- Nadu,according to the latestdata manded Rs 2,000 crorefromthe BBNL, the eight states are 2012 and had startedimplemen- these statesrelyonremittances ing to be disproportionately hold finances. mentsaid.Theinvestigation obtainedbyThe Indian Express. USOF,inadditionto thefundsthat nowinneedoffunds,hav- tation of the plan afterinordinate by theDirectorateGeneralof Forexample,inAndhra Prad- were already allocated to it. The ing writtentothe DoTand delays intheimplementationand Trade Remedies, the inves- esh,oneof thefirststatestoopt to demandwas howeverdenied. theUSOFfor the same in execution of BharatNetworkby tigative armofthe complete BharatNet work on its ApartfromAndhraPradesh July. However, the de- Bharat Sanchar NigamLimited. Harley-Davidson exit may Commerce Ministry, could own, only27out of the 11,839 and Telangana, other states such mand wasdeniedand no In phase twoofthe project, result in these imports fac- grampanchayats (GPs)have been as Maharashtraand Tamil Nadu progresshas been made. however, manystateshad ex- ing countervailing duties, madeservicereadytilldate,while also faredpoorly.WhileMahara- pressedtheir desiretocomplete pushautotariff cut up in US said agovernmentcircular. in the neighboring stateof shtrahas to lay50,314 km of opti- work on their ownand hadalso The probecoversimports Telangana,notevenoneof theto- calfibretoconnectallof its12,888 ect, accordingtothe data. floatedrequestforproposal(RFP) shippedbetween April 1, tal11,374GPs is serviceready, ac- GPs, it has so farlaid only28,019 Most of these states have also forthe same. However, the work priority list for limited trade deal 2019 and March 31,2020. cordingtothe latestdata. These km and made 2,174gramGPs expressed to the DoTthe lackof on BharatNet phasetwo willbe eight states hadin2018opted to service ready.Meanwhile, Tamil workers to dig trenches and lay delayedfurther and the deadline cause Harley-Davidson is iconic complete theworkonBharatNet Nadu, whichaims to connect downopticalfibredueto thelock- has been extendedbeyond PRABHARAGHAVAN forAmericans,”saidanothertrade Chinaindustrial themselvesinstead of outsourc- 12,909 GPsand has to laydown down imposedtocontain the August2021, thegovernmentsaid NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 expertoncondition of anonymity. profitsupfor4th ing it to Bharat Broadband Netw- 49,500kmofopticalfibre,hasnot spreadof Covid-19andthereturn lastweek, without specifying Some experts,however, do orkLimited (BBNL), the central evenstartedworkingontheproj- of migrantworkersto theirhome- whatthenewdeadlinewouldbe. WITH THE iconic Harley-David- feel thatother prioritieswill still straightmonth son motorcycles joining alistof take precedenceinhow atrade Americanvehicle firms thathave packagebetween Indiaand the Shanghai: ProfitsatChina’s drivenout of India, Washington United States shapes up. The US industrialfirmsgrew forthe mightgive astrongerpushto auto could begin to use Harley- fourth straight monthin ‘Crudesteel outputfalls over CRUDESTEELPRODUCTIONBYOTHERMAJOR tariffreductioninitsaskswhilefi- India had cut duties on the Davidson’s exit as apolitical ma- August, buoyedinpartbya WORLDSTEELMEMBERSTHISAUGUST nalising alimited trade package. biketo50% in 2018 from neuver to getIndia to reduce its rebound in commodities 4% to 8.48 MT in August’ 22.9% Over the lastthree years, sev- around 100% earlier. File auto tariffs,but it is unlikelythat pricesandequipmentman- 6.5% 9.7% eral US carand motorcycle firms, India will give in, according to ufacturing,the statistics bu- India’s crude steel production fell morethan 4per cent to 2.830MT 0.722MT 0.696MT including General Motors, Ford Indian Council forResearch on reau saidSunday. China’sre- 8.478 million tonnes (MT) in August2020, according to 2.7MT 3.2MT 0.939MT MotorCoandClevelandCycleWe- Trumpincreasesthepossibilityof InternationalEconomicRelations covery has gained theWorld Steel Association (worldsteel) -13.4% -31.2% -32.5% rkshaveeitherrestructuredoper- hisadministration pushingIndia president Rajat Kathuria. momentumaspent-up de- ations to existasjointventures or to reduce duties on vehicles like “Autotariffs maygohigheron mand,stimulusandsurpris- Germany France Spain Brazil Turkey Italy exited the Indian market alto- large-engine motorcycles. thelist(of prioritiesfor alimited ingly resilient exportspro- gether.Thiswasmainlydueto low In the lastfew years, Trump tradedeal), but forIndia,autois pel arebound. REUTERS 8.869MT:Crudesteeloutput to5.800MTlastmonth demandfortheirsegmentof vehi- has cited theModigovernment’s notimportant and there’s noth- byIndiainAugustlastyear cles, according to experts. tariffs on the iconic motorcycles ing forustogain. They(the US) 20.6%:FallinJapan’soutput, “The Harley-Davidson exit multiple times as an example of mighttrytopushit,”hesaid,add- IKEAtoadopt 8.4%:GrowthinChina’scrude from8.120MTinAugust2019 happeningatthisjunctureisasig- whyIndiaisa“tariffking”. India ingthat,atthispoint,givenIndia’s omni-channel steeloutput,from87.499MT to6.446MTofcrudesteelin nal whichisnot reallydesirable didbringdowndutiesonthebike economic situation, the demand inAugust2019to94.845MT sameperiodthisyear forIndia at this point. The exit of to 50percentin2018 fromaround forany luxuryproduct is low. approachinIndia lastmonth other auto companies in the last 100per cent previously, but the “If youlookatthe listofissues 24.4%:Fallincrudesteel fewyearsalsoshows that the Americanpresidentfoundthe that areimportantforIndia in the NewDelhi: IKEAisadjusting 1.8%:Declineinproductionof producedbytheUnitedStates, market hereisnot deep enough newtariffrate‘stillunacceptable’. US limitedtrade deal, auto tariffs to thenewrealitywhilecon- crudesteelbySouthKorea, from7.396MTinAugust2019 forthem to grab sharefromother “I think whatcouldactually will also be there, but it won’t be tinuingto betonIndiaasone from5.905MTinAugust2019 to5.588MTthisAugust companies likeSuzuki and Hyu- happenistheHarley-Davidsonis- top(priority).At thetopareissues of its“very important mar- ndai, whichare firmly entrenc- suewillbecomemoreimportant, likeagriculture,data flows andlo- kets”, itsIndiaCEO Peter hed,”said tradeexpertBiswajit because what Harleytried to do calisation,competition policy,” Why this is important: Due to difficulties presentedby 0.6%: Rise in global crude steel output for 64 Betzelsaid,addingitplansto Source: Dhar,professoratJNU’sCentrefor by settingupIndiaoperationswas Kathuriasaid. Covid-19, many of this month’s figures are estimates that nationsreporting to worldsteel, from 155.374 expandwithanomni-chan- worldsteel/PTI Economic Studiesand Planning. tariffjumping.This hasn’thelped “Wehavetolookatwhatisthe may be revised with next month’s production update MT in August 2019 to 156.244 MT this August nel approach. PTI “Foreign investors would get them succeedingettingmore jobcreatorintheUS,anditismore attractedto Indiaforthesizeof the marketshareand nowthey’re of aservicesratherthanmanufac- market andthepurchasingpower leaving.OthercompanieslikeGM, turing industry.The ask from the here. When our economywas too, wouldliketobring in their US side would be more on the TO WORK ON PLAN TO BOOST MANUFACTURING growing at around 7per cent, carsfromotherproductionbases, services side and, whenyou look Shareholders vote MD-CEO, promoters therewas apossibility that this but theywillfacehigh tariffs on beyondservices,theotherbigex- DPIIT shares list of 24 key market wasgoing to expand, but automobiles, whichisalready an porttheUShasonaglobalbasisis of Lakshmi VilasBankout at AGM the moment thereisasituation outstanding issue,” saidDhar. agriculture... otheritems do not sectors with ministries where Indiaisthe slowest grow- “It is likelythatthe pitch from mattersomuchinthetradeenvi- ingatthe AGMonSeptember 25. “Despitelogistical challenges ing economyamong major the US sidetobringdownthese ronment,” said Dr Mukesh Aghi, ENSECONOMICBUREAU The promotergroup holds arisingdueto COVID-19 situation, NewDelhi:TheDPIIThasshareda The other sectors includeor- economies, then this possibility tariffs willbecome even stronger President, US-India Strategic MUMBAI,SEPTEMBER27 only6.80percentstake inthepri- we have made significant listof24key sectors including ganic farming, iron, aluminium comes intoquestion,” he said. nowand, with thegovernment PartnershipForum (USISPF). vate bank.Thelenderpostedanet progress with Clix group forthe food processing, toys,furniture, andcopper, electronics,industrial Theexitsmeanthatwhatever talkingaboutalimitedtradedeal, “I think having these (firms) IN Adramatic development, the lossofRs112.28crore in the June proposedamalgamation of Clix agrochemicals and textiles with machinery, furniture,leatherand little demand does existfor these manyofthese issues could now shut down does notimpact the shareholders of struggling quarterofFY21asagainstalossof Capital Service Pvt Ltd and Clix respective ministriesaskingthem shoes,and auto parts. productswill have to be serviced beputonthefast track,”headded. trade discussions between the Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) have Rs237.25croreinthesameperiod Finance India Pvt Ltd into the to work on an action plan with a The Department forPromot- mostlythrough imports. Though “The issue mayverywellbe twocountries. Ithink the focus is votedagainst theappointmentof lastyear.ItsEPSwas-3.33percent. bank.However, theremay be viewtoboostdomesticmanufac- ionof IndustryandInternalTrade Harley’s exit is partofthe firm’s brought up by theTrumpadmin- stillgoingto beontheservicesside sevendirectorstoits board, in- Almost onefourth of thebank’s slightdelayinthemutualduedili- turing and makeIndia aself-re- (DPIIT)isworkingactively onpro- globalstrategy,itspoliticisationin istration,especially giventhatthe issues such as e-commerce, data cluding that of SSundar as the advances have turnedbad assets. gence and preparationofdocu- liant country, an Commerce and moting domestic manufacturing US-India relations over the last presidentialelectionsintheUSare localisation ...that’swhere the US managing director and chief ex- The bank’s gross non-perfor- mentsfor regulatoryrequire- Industry Ministryofficial said. of toys andfurniture. PTI fewyearsbyUSPresidentDonald coming up in November,and be- economyseems to go,” he added. ecutive officer,aswell as promot- ming assets stoodat25.40 per mentsdue to Covid situation and ers KR Pradeep and NSaiprasad. centofadvancesasonJune2020 travelrestrictions.Hence,boththe Shareholdersrejected the ap- as against17.30 per cent ayear partiesmutuallyagreedtoextend pointmentsofSaiprasad,Pradeep ago.Itstotalcapitaladequacyratio, the exclusivity periodtillSepte- Qatar Airways says losses reach $1.9 billionamid pandemic,boycott andRaghuraj Gujjarasnon-exec- as per Basel Ill guidelines, wasat mber15,2020,”thebankhadsaid forthe drop. ing Gulf long-haul carriers utive andnon-independentdirec- 0.17 per centasofJune 2020 as in astatement on July30. ASSOCIATEDPRESS The energy-richnation of The nation of Qatar itself neededtobail out the Emirates and Etihad, slashing tors at the annual generalmeet- against1.12per cent in March Currently, Meenakshi DUBAI,SEPTEMBER27 Qatar itself neededtobailout the state-ownedairline at the end of itsfiscal year, thousands of jobs while trying to ing (AGM), the Chennai-based 2020. Gross advances as of June SundaramisLVB’spresident-COO. state-ownedairlineatthe end of expand itsnetwork as travel re- banksaid in aregulatoryfiling. 2020were to thetuneof Rs16,310 TheReserve BankofIndiahastwo LONG-HAUL CARRIER Qatar itsfinancialyearonMarch 31 with with $2 billion to keep the airline operating strictions liftworldwide. Theyalso voted againstBK crorewithnet interestincome at nominees on the bank’s board— Airways on Sundayreported rev- $2billionto keeptheairlineoper- That’sasdemandforflightsre- Manjunath,GorinkaJaganmohan Rs90.76crore.Totaldepositswere Rajnish Kumar and Sundaram enuelosses of $1.9 billion forthe ating, itsannual reportacknowl- cumstances of fiscal year 2020, 32.3millionpassengersinthelast mains lowoverfears about the Raoand YN Lakshminarayana peggedatRs21,161crore.LVB, Shankar.The bank appointed S pastyear,blamingthecoronavirus edged. The carrieralso blamed our results would have been bet- fiscal year,compared to 29.4 mil- virus, whichhas wreaked havoc Murthyasnon-executive andin- whichwas struggling forfund in- Sundar,its chief financial officer, pandemic,itsliquidationof shares newaccounting rules forfurther terthan the year before,” Qatar lion the year prior. oninternationaltravel.Theairline dependent directors. These ap- fusion, wasintalkswithvarious as the interimmanaging director in AirItaly and the ongoingboy- addingto lossesforthepastfiscal. Airways CEOAkbar al-Baker said ButQatar Airways finds itself listedhavingover50,000employ- pointmentsweretakenupforvot- entities foramergerorcapital. andCEOeffective January1, 2020. cott of Doha by four Arab nations “Ifnot forthe exceptional cir- in astatement. The airline carried in the same position of compet- ees on itspayroll in thereport.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 17 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,SEPTEMBER28,2020 FRENCHOPEN Why Nadal isn’t happy with the Mercurydips,tempersrise new official ball at Roland Garros GAURAVBHATT Azarenka vents anger at being asked to wait in the cold before match is paused NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER27 AFTER Afour-month delay, the FrenchOpen beganonSunday under darkclouds of Covid- REUTERS 19 andParisianfall season.Adeveloping sto- SEPTEMBER27 ryline, however, has been the tournament favourites saying: "Nonew balls,please." FORMER WORLD No.1 Victoria Azarenka The organisers have replacedBabolat complained about the playing conditions at withWilsonasthe official ball at Roland the FrenchOpen amid lightdrizzle and low Garros. Dominic Thiem and NovakDjokovic temperatures during her 6-1,6-2 first-round have calledthe newballs "heavier" and victoryonSunday. TheUSOpen runner-up, "slower".But nobody has been moreoutspo- whoentered courtSuzanne Lenglen wear- ken, andseeminglymoreaffected,bythe ing athickpink pufferjacket,and her oppo- changethan recordtwelve-time winner nent Danka Kovinic walked offthe courtaf- Rafael Nadal. Coupledwith the weather con- terplaywas suspendedwith Belarusian ditions, the Wilson balls could theoretically Azarenka leading 2-1. pose problems to the perennialchampion. "No, it's eightdegrees, IliveinFlorida, I'm usedtohot weather," afurious Azarenka told Howare the balls different? Rafael Nadal is unhappywith the slowand ‘notgood to playonclay’ Wilson balls, the supervisor who asked her to wait on According to Nadal, the newWilsonballs whichhavereplacedBabolat at the FrenchOpen from this year . File courtuntil adecisionwas made on whether areslowand "not good to playonclay". the matchshould continue. Freshly-crownedUSOpen champion and an- Speakingtoher opponent from other clay-court specialistDominic Thiem unsuitable regardless.“Ipractised with the too, because the ball is super heavy.(It) be- Montenegro, 10th seedAzarenka, who next believesthe ballwillbea"biggerdifference" ballsinMallorca withwarm conditions,the comes dangerous forthe elbowand forthe faces either VenusWilliamsorSlovakia's than conditions. "I practisedtwo days at ball wasveryslow, Ithink(it’s) notagood shoulders.” Anna Karolina Schmiedlova,said: "Do you home with the ball. Now, of course, here. I`m ball to play on clay, honestly. That is my per- Hitting heavy,wet (or both, in the case of want to wait on court?"No,"Kovinic alittle bit sad because the Babolat were actu- sonal opinion," Nadal said. "Even with these thisyear's FrenchOpen) is of course linked replied."No,it'sridiculous, it'stoo cold.What's allymyfavouriteballs,theywerenice and conditions, it makes things tougher.Ifweadd to injuries suchastennis elbow. the point? Sittingherelikeducks," said fast,perfect formygame,perfectfor Nadal's these conditions of cold and humidity,then Azarenka, who wore awind jacket on court Victoria Azarenkatries to keep herself warm while officials decide whether to game too," Thiem told reporters. "The new it'ssuper heavy." When and whywas the ball changed? and said she wasworriedabout sliding on a continue playafter alight drizzle.Azarenka beat Danka Kovinic6-1,6-2. Reuters balls will be slower, more open. Theyget a It's astraightforward commercial deci- court made heavierbythe persistent drizzle. little bit bigger afterawhile. That will cer- Howdothe newballs affect playstyles? sion. By winningthe partnership, Wilson is The players returnedafter adelayof tainlychange the resultsabit." Nadal's biggestweaponisthe dizzying again the official ball at twoGrand Slams (US about 50 minutes and Azarenka immedi- The weather in Paris is colder keytomanagetowin the service games quite The Wilson Type 2balls at this year's topspin he generates, andeverything goes and FrenchOpen) afterbeing replacedby atelybroke her opponent's servebefore easily,"Sinner told reporters."In the begin- Roland Garrossport extrafelt,woven loosely intoit-his physicality,biomechanics, the Dunlop at lastyear's Australian Open. wrapping up victoryinfront of nine specta- than normal forthe Grand Slam ning, that wasnot easy.Hewas returning to minimisewear and makethem consistent. strings and the motion. Also,bothNadal and Thiem areBabolat's tors.Azarenka said the interruption should event with the claycourt well.Iwas notserving thatwell. But the balls But it also makes them heavier. The balls toohad arole to posterathletes, and fewwouldhaveex- have been better managed. conditions muchheavier and hereare very heavy.The courtwas heavy.It And heavier the ball, the slower play. On theslowest tennis-play- pected them to come out and admit that the "I think it's very tricky at the moment to wasnot easy.But at the end,when youwin it goes through the air and off ing surfaceofclay, the lighter, Wilsonballs were better than their own have theseconditions. So definitelynot going slowerthan the players are the firstset and go up abreak,it's alittle bit the court. The coarse courts and livelier Babolat balls put apene- company's. to sit here andcomplain,but sometimes I accustomedto. easier to play." humid conditions mean the ex- trative oomphonNadal's serves Lastyear in November,the FrenchTennis think thereare smarterwaystohandlesitu- The Italian tradedadouble break of serve trafelt mayfluffupmore, caus- and groundstrokes. The RPMs Federation endedthe long association with ations.The unfortunatepartsometimes with with his Belgian opponent at the initial stages ing the ball to drag. The thicker (revolutions per minute) may Babolat andsignedafive-year dealwith the FrenchOpen is that thereisnocommu- up and conversation. Ithink that's wherewe of the matchbeforegetting the crucial third felt would also pickupdirt each still go as high as 5,500, but Chicago-basedWilson. Under the newdeal, nications with players or players council," can improve, forsure." break to take the opening set. It wasall Sinner time theyhit the ground, mak- slowertraversal andlower Wilson’s stringers will also be on-sitetopro- she added. afterthatashis sizzling forehandstarted gen- ing the balls heavier. bounceofthe ballscan allowop- vide services as well as arangeofco-branded The FrenchOpen is usuallyplayedin Sinner's dayout erating morepowerand Goffinstruggledto ponentstobettercounter theheavy topspin. productswill be launched. May-June but this year's tournament was Italian teenager Jannik Sinner upset11th stay in the rallies under the closedroof of Howdoconditions affect the ball? The usual shortforehands on the run by Babolat had been the official ball at pushedbacktolateSeptember due to the seed David Goffininabreezy 7-5,6-0,6-3 courtPhilippe Chatrier as the Italian won11 The humid, cold September-October the 34-year-old could be less effective this FrenchOpen since 2011 when the French COVID-19pandemic.The weather in Paris is victoryonhis FrenchOpen debut on Sunday straight games to closeinonvictory."You weather is afar cryfromthe usual May-June year.Onthe other hand, aflathitter like manufacturers replacedDunlop. thereforecolder than normal forthe Grand to confirm his status as one of the mostexcit- neverexpect that," Sinner said about win- summer.The scheduling —two weeksafter Djokovic should getmoretime to line up Slam event with the claycourtconditions ing talentsinmen's tennis. ning 11 straight games. US Open —was already achallenge, but the their shots,hit them on the rise and generate What happened the lasttime the balls muchheavier and slowerthanthe players The 19-year-old, who wonlastyear's "I don't think therewas like onekey.He newballs have seeminglymade it worse. If speedand depth. Daniil Medvedev,2019US were changed? areaccustomedto. NextGen ATPFinals title,had wonhis only maybedidn'tfeel that well on court.Ifelt the ball or courtiswet,itcan impact both the Open finalist, who has neveradvancedpast Alot of players complained. Asked whether the tournament should previous meetingagainstGoffininstraight well. Ihavejustbeentrying to be flight of the ball as well as the bounce.The the firstround at Roland Garros, is already When the FrenchOpen switchedto have been cancelledaltogether,like sets in the secondround at Rotterdam this focused."Sinner converted his second match ball will only getheavierthrough the thick licking his chops. Babolat from Dunlop in 2011,players claimed Wimbledon was, Azarenkasaid it wasim- year.But Goffin, who reachedthe quarter-fi- pointwhenhis opponent sentaforehand air. “I agreethatthe ballsare heavy,”Djokovic “It’s normalthatwhenone playerdoesn’t that the newballs bouncedhigher and portant forlower-ranked players."I would- nals at RolandGarrosin2016, would have wide and followeditwith asubduedcele- told reporters on Saturday.“But alsoit’sprob- likesomething, the second one maybeisgo- playedfaster. Federer,who reachedthe n't particularly saysobecause Idobelieve fanciedhis chances againstthe 74th-ranked bration, showing the same calm and com- ablybecause we arealsoalmostinOctober, ing to likeit. So farIlikeit,”said the 6'6, heavy- FrenchOpen final forthe lasttime that year, that Iwanttoplay,"she said."We all want to Sinner who before Sundayhad onlyone posure he displayed during the twohours on and it’s very cold. The clayisalso heavy and hitting baseliner. ledthe chorus. Stanislas Wawrinka said "The compete andwewanttoplayand formaybe Grand Slam win under his belt -atthis year's court.Goffinhit onewinner morethat Sinner wet. Justoverall conditionsare also affecting balls arepretty strange" while Djokovic be- notaplayerlikemethatmaybe financially AustralianOpen. Playing his firstmatchon but the 16 additional unforcederrors by the the ball itself. It’s very hardtosay whether What arethe injuryconcerns? moanedthat "theballs arevery, very fast,so is morestablethan other players are, it's very themainshowcourt at Roland Garrosand Belgian made the difference.Sinner will next the ball is heavy in general or is it because we Nadal issuedawarning shot to the or- it's reallydifficult to control. Maybeit's go- important to have this opportunity during the opener in this year's tournament, Sinner meetFrenchqualifier BenjaminBonzi who areplaying under thesekinds of slowand ganisers. "I reallybelieve that the organisa- ing to favour the servers and the big hitters." the pandemic. Ithink that thereshould have showedhebelonged on this stage. defeated Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2, 6- heavy conditions.” tion needtotakealook at that forthe next Nadal, who had already wonfiveFrench been alittlebit more consulting and heads "The firstset wasverytight,itwas likethe 4, 4-6, 6-4. Nadal assertedthatthe Wilson ballsare couple of years, forthe health of the players Open titles, went on to win sevenmore.

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New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 18 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,SEPTEMBER28,2020 Fall guy to match-winner EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER Tewatia turns Superman to scriptrecord win forRoyals as ton-up Agarwalends on losing sideagain Hotheads, calm minds and everything in between at the game.

thenhighestIPLscoregowaste inaSuperOver. SYNOPSIS Thistime,herackeduphismaidenIPLhundred, One man turns intoanunlikely yetendeduponthe losingside again. hero, another afallen hero. Nonetheless, afterthe pain of the defeat sinksin, the innings should cheer him up. Agarwalflowedlikeafurious river, drowning everything in his sight and takingeverything SANDIPG inhiswaydownwithhim.Thebulkof hisruns SEPTEMBER27 came in afat Vbetween extracover andcow corner.Brutal on anything marginallyshort— FORYEARSto come,thismatchcouldremaina hisbat-speedisBolt-likewhen he rocksback benchmarkfornotonlyhigh-qualityT20bats- forthepull—hehammeredanythingthatwas manshipbutalsoajaw-droppingmarkerofthe remotely fullormarginallyhungintheair. Every game’s blistering evolution, it’scontinuously strokewasfusedwithsomuchpowerthateven expandingboundariesof imagination.KingsXI mishitsspedoverthe ropes. Punjab, poweredbyMayank Agarwal’s hun- Poor ShreyasGopal,Agarwal’sclosepaland dred,postedatotalthathad neverbeen sur- Karnatakateam-mate.Heborethefullbruntof Pooran’s leap of joy passedinthis league, but Rajasthan Royals his fury. Three times he wassmeared over the his left. That body-angle allowedhim to leap pulledoffanerve-splayingheist,addingafresh rope.Ontwooccasions,heseemedtohavede- IT HAS to be the best boundary-saving leap backfullstretch,withbothhandsstretchedout tale to the Sharjah folklore. ceivedthe batsman in the air,but on both in- outside the boundary. In some ways,even as the ball sailedoverhim.Bythe time he stances,Agarwalmadelateadjustmentstoen- better than those hop-out-hop-instunning caught it, he wasfullyoutside theboundary Unlikelyhero surethat he guidedthe ball wherenofielder catchesthat have been normalized. Rarely andwas falling. Somehow, incredibly, he let From beingthe potentialfall guy, Rahul lurked. The compact, Chinnaswamy-likedi- has anyone contortedthe leap over bound- thelefthandthatheldtheball,dropdownand Tewatiaemergedanunlikelyhero,scoringa31- mensions did benefit him, but some of his aryintoaboundary-saving acrobatic effort continuedtoswing it down in afluid move- ball53.Butformuchofhisknock,heseemeda strikes,especiallydowntheground,were sofe- as Nicholas Pooran did. ment.Andjustbeforehehittheground,hehad nervous wreckfrazzledbythe enormityof the rocious that theywouldhavecleared most In the 7th over,Sanju Samsonloftedthe releasedthe ballbackontothe field of play. It situation and the steepness of theunenviable boundaryropes. leggieMAshwinto long-on,where Pooranwas had his fielding coachJonty Rhodes jumpout task he wasdeputed with. Despatchedasthe Aftergrinding hisway to 8off 19 deliveries, Rahul Tewatia smashed5sixes offa UnderAgarwal’sbreathlessstroke-play, that waitingattheropes,hisbodyalreadyturnedto of his dugout seat and bowdowninrespect. surprise pinch-hitter at the fall of SteveSmith, Sheldon Cottrell over to win the game forRajasthan Royals. BCCI beganwithalofted-drivensix offAnkit Rajpoot theleft-handercrawledto17off23balls,andin in the second over,KLRahul’s sedate69off 54 theprocesspiledonpressurethatprobablyre- deliveriesturnedout to be an afterthought. sulted in the dismissal of Sanju Samson, who contestsuddenlyswungbacktolife,architected he’sinthebestformof hislife,thathe’snearin- Nonetheless,itwasanotherfineexhibitionofor- Smith’s laugh of disbelief Cottrell’spayback salute seemedthe Royals onlyavenuetovictory. by themostunusual of suspects. fallible,thathisundisputedbutonceerratictal- thodoxshot-making. Thethree successive IAN BOTHAM would have been im- 18 MONTHSafter he hadfoundhimself at Tewatia wasswiping and swishingatthin air, But Tewatia wasnot finished, he wasnot a ent is fullyblossoming. It is about considering boundarieshestrokedinJofraArcher’sfirstover pressedwith the long hop that Jimmy the receiving end of ameme, Sheldon his promotion seeming astrategic faux pas. flickerofhope, but an all-consuming fire.He allthefactorsandcalculationsthatallowabats- were glorious.Thefirstwasapropercoverdrive Neesham producedtoSteve Smith in the Cottrell got his paybacktime with Jos So inept wasTewatiathat Samson wanted to settle the match,whichheensured man to score quickly—the speedofthe offaslowerball; the second ball wasfaster, and 8th overofthe chase. Botham has takena Buttler.LastFebruaryduring aseries in the turneddownasingleatone point. But with twomoresixes in the same over.The 30- bowlers, the speedofthe pitch, the amount of he openedthe bat face and drovesquarer to the fewTestwickets,including Greg Chappell Caribbean, in acheekydig at Cottrell’scel- when he got out, RajasthanRoyals required runoverwhittleddownthetargetto anachiev- spin, the degree of seam movement, the pre- coverboundary.Thethirdonewaswider,which with his long-hops but this Neesham’s ebratorysalute, Buttler smashedasix, justtwo offseven balls. able 21 off12. He struck another six off ciseslottingof allthefielders,thehittablegaps, he bunted over point.Together,Rahul and donkey-drop musttakethe cake. It looked straightatthe bowler,and saluted OneSheldonCottrelloverchangeditall,the MohammedShamiinthenextoverbefore per- the dimensions of the ground, the wind and Agarwalputon183runs,theeighth-highestpart- threatenedtwo pairs of feet,his and him. It created atorrent of memes and gifs. scriptofthe match, potentiallythe destinyof ishing, but notbeforefiringRajasthan to the heat,the matchsituation,what constitutesa nership forany wicket in the league, leaving Smith’s. It wasdug in that close to him- Cottrell had neverdismissedButtler for thiseditionandeventheTewatia’scareer.With brink of afamousheistthatseemedimproba- goodscore—fromthesecondonearrivesatthe bowlersasexasperatedastheyweredevastated. self and as it loopedupand across, Smith, West Indies but got his chance nowafter he Samson gone forasumptuous 85 in the previ- ble as soon as Samson perished. crease.Samson,rightnow, isdoingthisperhaps Tewatia, the effervescent leggie, wouldof- who wasone shortoffifty,was startled. made his IPL debut this year. ous over,RajasthanRoyals required 63 off23 At onestage,Tewatia was14off 23 balls, a better than anyone has in this edition. It’s like ferfurther testament —Rajasthan’s bowling Then, as the ball startedtodrop He justneededthree balls at Buttler but balls, andwhen the Cottrell over began, they crimein thisformatandby hisownadmission hewalksin,assessesthesituationanddoesex- heroofthe previous matchgot justanoveras down on him ever so gently, aperplexed managed to induce acatchtomidwicket and needed51off 18.The lens zoomedinonRobin theworst20balls he hadeverfacedinhis life, actlywhatisrequired.Inthepast,heshiedaway Agarwalplundered 19 runs offit. Nobody Smith swatted it behind squarefor just he of course, did that celebratorymarching Uthappa,engineer of severalheists in the past. but his final exploitread 53 off31balls. That fromburdens.Butthesedays,hevolunteersfor wouldhave imaginedthenthatTewatiawould asingle. He raisedhis bat forthe 50 but saluteand arched backtolet out ascream of Tewatiawouldhavebeenshirkingfromthelens. meant his last39runscameoff eight balls. them. It’s this eagerness and willingness that’s have thelastlaugh.T20isaficklelittlegame,as shook his head forawhile as he joy. Buttler didn’t look at him this time Then, without the slightestwarning,he Among the happiest in the Rajasthan dug- primarilybehind his rejuvenation. But if Tewatia can vouch. processedthat ball. He then startedto around, justput hishead down and kept brokefree. Theman who is in the team more out wasSamson,whose knockofutter beauty Samson’s effort wassalvagedbyTewatia, BRIEF SCORES: Rajasthan Royals: 226/6 smile before it turnedtohead-shaking walking back. Alas,the evening would later forhis leg-spinbowling creamed the firsttwo wasflirting with futility.Inthe heady climax, Mayank Agarwalwould be leftcussing his (Sanju Samson 85, Rahul Tewatia 53, Steve laughter.Neesham had the lastlaugh, become aforgettable one forCottrell as Rahul deliveries—shortballsbutatpace—overmid- his knockshould notbeforgotten. wretched luck. Smith 50; Md Shami 3/53) defeat Kings though, slipping in agood wide yorker Tewatia turnedanight of embarrassment wicketwithcrispswingsof theblade.Thethird These days,thereisunalloyedjoy in XI Punjab: 223/2 (Mayank Agarwal106; next ball he bowled at Smith, who intothe best night of his lifewhenhelooted ball, an angryCottrelloverreachedwithafull Samson’s batting.Heexudes asense of seren- Fallen hero KL Rahul 69; Ankit Rajpoot1/39) by 4 slicedittodeep point. five sixes offthe pacer. SRIRAM VEERA ball;Tewatiasmokeditoverwidelong-off.The itythatseemsto stemfromtheknowledge that Agarwalhad, onlyafew days ago, seen his wickets.

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